• starik@lemmy.zip
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          You 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.

          • Velypso@sh.itjust.works
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            20 days ago

            Nope, this one

            full of.

            a population ripe with discontent

            And sorry it wasnt websters it was oxford.