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Ripeness
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.