RIPE, RIPENING
ADJECTIVES
► BEETHY overripe, sodden → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BLOB-RIPE very ripe, ready to burst like a drop of water → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HASTY that ripens or comes to maturity early in the season → c1440 obs.
► MILD ripe → 1894 Eng. dial.
► RANK RIPE of fruit: quite ripe; overripe → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RARE-RIPE ripening or flowering early → 1799 US
► RATHE-RIPE ► RATH-RIPE of fruits, grains, etc.: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year → 1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RICKING-RIPE dead ripe; applied to corn → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ROTTEN-RICH ripe to a degree approaching rottenness → 1840 obs.
► SUMMER-RIPE fully ripe → a1670 obs.
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