Fletcherize

American  

[flech-uh-rahyz] / ˈflɛtʃ əˌraɪz /

especially British, Fletcherise or fletcherize

verb (used with or without object)

Fletcherized, Fletcherizing

1. to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

2. to consider deliberately; meditate thoroughly on; chew over.

   The two extra months at sea gave him an insight into a great business, and he had the time to fletcherize his ideas.

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Etymology

Origin of Fletcherize

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; Fletcherism, -ize

Example Sentences

As her sister, Edith Barrett, despite the limp and a tendency to Fletcherize her lines, turned in the best performance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Don't gobble your food but "Fletcherize" Each morsel you eat, if you'd be wise.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eat slowly, Fletcherize each mouthful, it will reduce you, give you a new taste of flavors not known to the glutton.

From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene

They will32 Fletcherize for a time and then say there is nothing to that because it does not cure them.

From How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" by Hinkle, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark)

At first people who Fletcherize or chew their food perfectly, usually lose weight.

From How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" by Hinkle, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark)