verb/fle.tʁiʁ/
to wither; to wither, wilt, shrivel
From Old French flaistre (“withered”), from Latin flaccidus.
/fle.tʁiʁ/
to wither; to wither, wilt, shrivel
From Old French flaistre (“withered”), from Latin flaccidus.
to brand (as punishment); to condemn; to blacken, besmirch (someone's reputation etc.)
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:flétrir.”
Inherited from Middle French flestrir, from Old French flastrir, alteration of Old French flatir (under influence of Etymology 1, above), from Frankish *flattjan (“to move the palm of one's hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatjaną (“to flatten”).