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rare-ripe

rare-ripe is the alternative spelling of rareripe.

Meaning of rareripe

Adjective

rareripe (not comparable)

  1. ripening early (said most commonly of peaches and onions)
  2. (broadly, uncommon) maturing too quickly; taking on the trappings of maturity before one is emotionally developed
    • He is quite smart enough. I sometimes fear that he is one of the little rare-ripe sort that are smarter at about five than ever after.1846 October 2, Abraham Lincoln, letter to Joshua F. Speed

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Forms of rare-ripe

pluralrare-ripes

Questions about rare-ripe

What is rare-ripe the alternative spelling of?
Rare-ripe is the alternative spelling of rareripe.

Words near rare-ripe in the dictionary

  1. rare pepes
  2. rare spring-sedge
  3. rare spring-sedges
  4. rare-earth element
  5. rare-earth elements
  6. rare-ripe
  7. rare-ripes
  8. rarebit
  9. rarebits
  10. rared
  11. raree

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