• starik@lemmy.zip
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        20 days ago

        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.