RIPENESS

ripeness

(noun) the state of being ripe

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ripeness (countable and uncountable, plural ripenesses)

the characteristic of being ripe

Anagrams

• erepsins, insperse, serpines, spirenes

Source: Wiktionary


Ripe"ness, n. Etym: [AS. ripness.]

Definition: The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment. Time, which made them their fame outlive, To Cowley scarce did ripeness give. Denham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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