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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 1.6 [wn]:
ripeness
n : the state of being ripe [ant: {greenness}]
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