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minus-squareVelypso@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoThere isnt anything wrong with using ripe in this context. It just means “full of”
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·21 days agoNo, that’s rife. They sound similar, but ripe means mature.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-220 days agoYou must mean this one: 6: ruddy, plump, or full like ripened fruit a ripe figure This one refers to the shape of something - an actual physical object. So like “full lips” but not like a “full head” (abstract) or a “full stomach” (a feeling) A speech can’t be “ripe with” boasts in this sense.
minus-squareVelypso@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoNope, this one full of. a population ripe with discontent And sorry it wasnt websters it was oxford.
There isnt anything wrong with using ripe in this context.
It just means “full of”
No, that’s rife. They sound similar, but ripe means mature.
Not according to webster
You must mean this one:
This one refers to the shape of something - an actual physical object. So like “full lips” but not like a “full head” (abstract) or a “full stomach” (a feeling)
A speech can’t be “ripe with” boasts in this sense.
Nope, this one
And sorry it wasnt websters it was oxford.