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rareripe

rareripe adjective: ripening early (said most commonly of peaches and onions).

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

Noun

rareripe (plural rareripes)

  1. An agricultural plant that ripens early.

Forms of rareripe

Adjective
alternative formrare-ripe
alternative formratheripe
Noun
pluralrareripes

Questions about rareripe

What does rareripe mean?
Rareripe means ripening early (said most commonly of peaches and onions).
What part of speech is rareripe?
Rareripe can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near rareripe in the dictionary

  1. rarepair
  2. rarepairs
  3. rarer
  4. rarer than hen's teeth
  5. rarer than hens' teeth
  6. rareripe
  7. rareripes
  8. rares
  9. raresome
  10. rarest
  11. rareties

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