Fletcherize

or fletch·er·ize

[ flech-uh-rahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Fletch·er·ized, Fletch·er·iz·ing.

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fletcherize¹

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

Example Sentences

The tourists rise and file out of the monastery without a word, wait in line for their rice and lentils, then fletcherize their meal, looking quite serious.

From Slate

Yet one reason “The Voyeur’s Motel” is gripping is that Mr. Talese doesn’t fletcherize his material.

From New York Times

Franz Kafka’s father, she reports, “hid behind a newspaper at dinnertime to avoid watching the writer Fletcherize.”

From Slate

An inability to further fletcherize.

From Project Gutenberg

So, baseball players, if you’re wise, And think you’d like to Fletcherize, Hark to the Gypsy’s warning!

From Project Gutenberg