单词 | ripe-faced |
释义 | > as lemmasripe-faced C1. Parasynthetic, as ripe-aged, ripe-coloured, ripe-faced, ripe-tongued, ripe-witted, etc. In later use chiefly poetic. ΚΠ c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxv. 114 The lave yat thou fyndis nocht sa traist, na sa rype wittit [etc.]. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. †v A righte ripetungued deponent. 1567 T. Drant in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie To Rdr. sig. *vj I take them to be rype toungned tryfles. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Kk2 Alas how ripe witted these young folkes be now adayes. 1698 F. B. Free but Modest Censure 10 Bestowing upon him the Epithets of Learned, Ingenious, Thoughtful, Ripe-witted, &c. 1725 E. Haywood tr. P. de Boisguillebert Mary Stuart iii. 220 He being a young Gentleman of good Birth, rich, ripe-witted, and learned. 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 106 Fire-branded foxes to sear up..Our gold and ripe-ear'd hopes. 1826 T. Hood Love ii Grave ripe-fac'd wisdom made an April fool? 1827 C. Webbe Harvest-home ii Armfuls of ripe-coloured corn. 1944 E. Sitwell Song of Cold 11 We heard in the dawn the first ripe-bearded fire Of wheat. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid v. 95 Ripe-aged Acestes. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 29 Sept. 177/3 Andrew Manze replaces the boy choristers of Biber's day with ripe-toned female sopranos. < as lemmas |
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