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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