Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ripeness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ripeness \Ripe"ness\, n. [AS. r[=i]pness.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ripeness
n : the state of being ripe [ant: {greenness}]
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