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riper | ripper |

As an adjective riper

is (ripe).

As a noun ripper is

something that rips (something else) or ripper can be (obsolete) one who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.

riper

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (ripe)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    ripe

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
  • * Milton
    • So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop / Into thy mother's lap.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
  • (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
  • (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
  • Ready for action or effect; prepared.
  • * Addison
    • while things were just ripe for a war
  • * Burke
    • I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
  • *
  • Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Those happy smilets, / That played on her ripe lip.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1981, author=Daniel Curzon, title=Human Warmth & Other Stories, isbn=0912516542 citation
    • passage=He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.}}
  • (obsolete) Intoxicated.
  • * 1611, (William Shakespeare), , Act V, Scene 1,
    • Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe : where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How cam'st thou in this pickle?
  • (legal) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2004, author=Kenneth F. Warren, title=Administrative Law in the Political System, isbn=0813341167 citation
    • passage=Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe , however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.}}
  • Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2004, author=Colum McCann, title=Fishing the Sloe-Black River, isbn=0312423381 citation
    • , passage=Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.}}
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Antonyms
    * unripe
    Derived terms
    * ripeness
    Related terms
    * ripen

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1993, page=76, author=Paul J. Dosal, title=Doing Business with the Dictators, isbn=0842024395 citation
    • , passage=When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.}}

    Verb

    (rip)
  • To ripen or mature
  • * 1594 , , Act II Scene VIII,
    • ALONSO:

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) ripa.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The bank of a river.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    ripper

    English

    Etymology 1

    ; originated 1605–15.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that rips (something else).
  • Someone who rips (something).
  • A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials.
  • A murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon.
  • (mining) A hook-like tool used to tear away ore, rock, etc.
  • (British, AU, slang) Something that is an excellent example of its kind.
  • * 2001 , Filton Hebbard, Memories of Kalgoorlie: Tales from the Australian Outback (page 334)
    • Martin walked around the vehicle, viewing it from all angles and giggling as he did so. “She's a ripper , Bert, a real ripper!”
  • (computing) Software that extracts content from files or storage media.
  • (agriculture) A tool or plant used to reduce soil compaction.
  • A hot dog deep-fried in oil until the casing bursts.
    • Derived terms
    * radish ripper
    References
    * * *

    Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Alternative forms

    * ripler

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • But what's the action we are for now? Robbing a ripper of his fish.
    (Webster 1913) English agent nouns