'Ripeness' definitions:
Definition of 'Ripeness'
From: GCIDE
- Ripeness \Ripe"ness\, n. [AS. r[imac]pness.] The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment. [1913 Webster]
- Time, which made them their fame outlive, To Cowley scarce did ripeness give. --Denham. [1913 Webster]