• 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.