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Definitions for Ripeness
[1] having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
[2] resembling such fruit, as in ruddiness and fullness: ripe, red lips.
[3] advanced to the point of being in the best condition for use, as cheese or beer.
[4] fully grown or developed, as animals when ready to be killed and used for food.
[5] arrived at the highest or a high point of development or excellence; mature.
[6] of mature judgment or knowledge: ripe scholars; a ripe mind.
[7] characterized by full development of body or mind: of ripe years.
[8] (of time) advanced: a ripe old age.
[9] (of ideas, plans, etc.) ready for action, execution, etc.
[10] (of people) fully prepared or ready to do or undergo something: He was ripe for a change in jobs.
[11] fully or sufficiently advanced; ready enough; auspicious: The time is ripe for a new foreign policy.
[12] ready for some operation or process: a ripe abscess.
[13] Archaic . drunk: reeling ripe.
[14] (of fruit, grain, etc) mature and ready to be eaten or used; fully developed
[15] mature enough to be eaten or used ripe cheese
[16] fully developed in mind or body
[17] resembling ripe fruit, esp in redness or fullness a ripe complexion
[18] (postpositive foll by for ) ready or eager (to undertake or undergo an action)
[19] (postpositive foll by for ) suitable; right or opportune the time is not yet ripe
[20] mature in judgment or knowledge
[21] advanced but healthy (esp in the phrase a ripe old age )
[22] slang complete; thorough excessive; exorbitant
[23] slang slightly indecent; risqué
Words related to Ripeness
ripeready, prepared, overdue, mature, plump, suitable, opportune, accomplished, adult, aged, completed, conditioned, consummate, enlightened, enriched, finished, fit, full, full-blown, full-fledged
Words nearby Ripeness
riperip-rap, rip-roaring, riparian, riparian right, ripcord, ripe, ripe old age, ripe rot, ripen, ripidolite, ripieno
Origin of Ripeness
before 900; Middle English; Old English rīpe; cognate with Dutch rijp, German reif; akin to Old English ripan to reap
Words that may be confused with Ripeness
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, riperife, ripe, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)
Other words from Ripeness
ripe·ly , adverb
ripe·ness , noun
half-ripe , adjective
Word origin for Ripeness
Old English rīpe ; related to Old Saxon rīpi , Old High German rīfi , German reif
Synonyms for Ripeness
ability, capability, experience, manhood, maturation, sophistication, wisdom, advancement, civilization, completion, cultivation, development, fitness, fullness, majority, matureness, mellowness, mentality, perfection, prime, readiness, womanhood, full bloom, maturescence, postpubescence, prime of life