Etymograph

English

fletcherize

From Fletcher + -ize, after Horace Fletcher, who advocated the practice.

Formed from Fletcher + -ize

Old French flechier

Middle English fleccher ‘a fletcher’

English Fletcher

Today it means

verb To thoroughly chew (dozens or hundreds of times) before swallowing.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fletcherize