Ripe"ness (?), n. [AS. ripness.]

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.

 

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