rope-ripeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊprʌɪp/, U.S.

/ˈroʊpˌraɪp/

Forms: see rope n.¹ and ripe adj., n.², and adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rope n.¹, ripe adj.

Etymology: < rope n.¹ + ripe adj.In sense A. 1 punningly after rhetoric adj. (especially in the phrase rope-ripe terms ), rhetorical terms being disparagingly regarded as fit for hanging; hence in use as noun in sense B. 2 punningly after rhetoric n.¹ Compare the discussions in Mod. Lang. Notes 53 (1938) 268–72 and in Shakespeare Q. 22 (1971) 82–6.

A. adj.

†1. Of language: learned, bookish, rhetorical; elaborately artificial, bombastic. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > rhetorical

rhetorical1447

rhetoricc1450

rope-ripec1530

c1530 J. Ravisius Pater, Filius & Uxor Seruus Syr ye sholde say vniuersyte, not insteuynste. Filius. I praye you good syr, holde me excused For to such ropperype terms I am not vsyd.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 59 Therfore the reportyng of our tale may soone appere plaine, if we firste expresse our mynde in plaine wordes, and not seeke these roperype termes, whiche betraie rather a foole, than commende a wyse man.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 87^v Thou yngram and vacacion knaue [margin] Roperipe chidyng.

1573 W. Bullein Dial. Feuer Pestilence 116 His quallicomes dooe please hym well, or else when he doe heare hymself with his retrical trications: How he can conspounde the matter? Oh Lorde, it is a sportation, to heare the cloutyng beetles, to rowle in their ropripe termes.

1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. iii. 104 And yet you must haue your foolish florish in roperipe termes. Where shall we haue these good fellowes, &c?

1611 G. Chapman May-day iii. 47 Lord, how you roule in your rope-ripe termes.

a. Ripe for the gallows; fit for being hanged. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective] > and worthy of hanging

gallowsc1425

rope-ripe1552

hangworthya1586

hempy1801

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] > worthy of hanging

gallowsc1425

widdiefu?a1513

rope-ripe1552

widdiefu1568

hangworthya1586

slip-string1629

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Roperype, or vngracious waghalter, nequam.

1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes xxxix, in Woorkes sig. Cciij^v Whether wilt thou hang vp with ropes of ynions? Or stifly stande vp, with roperipe minions?

?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 192 Its trwe I see well that Philognus sayde the gallowes grone for this wage as iust rope ripe.

1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xv. 139 Sodomy they Jest at, being all of the Family of Love or Lust rather, rope ripe, Nuts for the Devils cracking.

1727 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch II. (ed. 3) at Galg Hy dingt na de galg, he is rope-ripe, or halter-sick.

1892 H. V. Mills Lake Country Romances 147 Thou art a rope-ripe rascal thyself.

1898 M. Hewlett Pan & Young Shepherd (1899) ii. iv. 116 Are ye rope-ripe, ye villain?

1913 C. Whibley Ess. Biogr. 19 There was one Weston, a rope-ripe scoundrel who shrank from no crime.

†b. That is likely to bring about or end in a person's execution (esp. by hanging). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xxx. f. 75 The roperipe boie [L. puer ille peremptor meus] on the next morrow led me to the hill againe.

1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Cciij^v But gallows lucke, and ropripe happe, At length was gwerdon for our paine.

1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. i. sig. K8^v So yong men doe forsake, The rope-ripe tricks, that their first age did take Cheef pleasure in; not cause they wicked deem them But being men they think't will not beseeme them.

1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox Graculi 23 Out of the Old Stocke of Heresie..will sprout foorth new schismaticall Opinions, and strange Sects..but I could wish, that the learned Doctor, Sir T. Tyburne might bee put to that taske, as to confute such vpstart Statists, with his rope-ripe conclusions.

†B. n.

1. A person who is ripe for the gallows. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

roper1615

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

widdieneck?a1500

widdiefu?a1513

thevis neka1525

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

ropeful1567

gallows-clapper1570

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

crack-hempa1616

roper1615

halter-sick1617

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

hempy1718

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

hang-gallows1785

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 37 Giue hardenesse to youth and giue roperipe a twigge.

1600 Maydes Metamorphosis ii. ii. sig. C3^v How the diuel stumbled this case of rope-ripes in—into my way?

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A rope-ripe, ripe for the rope, or deseruing the rope, grevolable, relasche de pendu, pendard.

2. Learned, elaborately artificial, or bombastic language; rhetoric. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > rhetoric

rhetory?a1500

rhetoric1559

rope-ripe1584

inkle-eloquence1774

rhetoricianism1842

1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London i. sig. B1 Thou art very pleasant & ful of thy roperipe, I would say rhetorick.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 137 Nur. Marry farewell. Pray what saucie merchant was this that was so full of his roperipe? Rom. A gentleman Nurse that loues to heare himselfe talke, and will speake more in an houre than hee will stand to in a month.

1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. B Old Stuk. Where dinnes he, Page. At Palmers ordinary, Old Stuk. your maister is an ordinary Student, Page. indeed Sir he studies very extraordinarily, Old Stuk. and you the rope-ripe ordinarily.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rope-ripe
释义	rope-ripeadj.n. Brit. /ˈrəʊprʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈroʊpˌraɪp/ Forms: see rope n.¹ and ripe adj., n.², and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rope n.¹, ripe adj. Etymology: < rope n.¹ + ripe adj.In sense A. 1 punningly after rhetoric adj. (especially in the phrase rope-ripe terms ), rhetorical terms being disparagingly regarded as fit for hanging; hence in use as noun in sense B. 2 punningly after rhetoric n.¹ Compare the discussions in Mod. Lang. Notes 53 (1938) 268–72 and in Shakespeare Q. 22 (1971) 82–6. A. adj. †1. Of language: learned, bookish, rhetorical; elaborately artificial, bombastic. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > rhetorical rhetorical1447 rhetoricc1450 rope-ripec1530 c1530 J. Ravisius Pater, Filius & Uxor Seruus Syr ye sholde say vniuersyte, not insteuynste. Filius. I praye you good syr, holde me excused For to such ropperype terms I am not vsyd. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 59 Therfore the reportyng of our tale may soone appere plaine, if we firste expresse our mynde in plaine wordes, and not seeke these roperype termes, whiche betraie rather a foole, than commende a wyse man. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 87^v Thou yngram and vacacion knaue [margin] Roperipe chidyng. 1573 W. Bullein Dial. Feuer Pestilence 116 His quallicomes dooe please hym well, or else when he doe heare hymself with his retrical trications: How he can conspounde the matter? Oh Lorde, it is a sportation, to heare the cloutyng beetles, to rowle in their ropripe termes. 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. iii. 104 And yet you must haue your foolish florish in roperipe termes. Where shall we haue these good fellowes, &c? 1611 G. Chapman May-day iii. 47 Lord, how you roule in your rope-ripe termes. 2. a. Ripe for the gallows; fit for being hanged. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective] > and worthy of hanging gallowsc1425 rope-ripe1552 hangworthya1586 hempy1801 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] > worthy of hanging gallowsc1425 widdiefu?a1513 rope-ripe1552 widdiefu1568 hangworthya1586 slip-string1629 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Roperype, or vngracious waghalter, nequam. 1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes xxxix, in Woorkes sig. Cciij^v Whether wilt thou hang vp with ropes of ynions? Or stifly stande vp, with roperipe minions? ?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 192 Its trwe I see well that Philognus sayde the gallowes grone for this wage as iust rope ripe. 1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xv. 139 Sodomy they Jest at, being all of the Family of Love or Lust rather, rope ripe, Nuts for the Devils cracking. 1727 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch II. (ed. 3) at Galg Hy dingt na de galg, he is rope-ripe, or halter-sick. 1892 H. V. Mills Lake Country Romances 147 Thou art a rope-ripe rascal thyself. 1898 M. Hewlett Pan & Young Shepherd (1899) ii. iv. 116 Are ye rope-ripe, ye villain? 1913 C. Whibley Ess. Biogr. 19 There was one Weston, a rope-ripe scoundrel who shrank from no crime. †b. That is likely to bring about or end in a person's execution (esp. by hanging). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xxx. f. 75 The roperipe boie [L. puer ille peremptor meus] on the next morrow led me to the hill againe. 1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Cciij^v But gallows lucke, and ropripe happe, At length was gwerdon for our paine. 1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. i. sig. K8^v So yong men doe forsake, The rope-ripe tricks, that their first age did take Cheef pleasure in; not cause they wicked deem them But being men they think't will not beseeme them. 1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox Graculi 23 Out of the Old Stocke of Heresie..will sprout foorth new schismaticall Opinions, and strange Sects..but I could wish, that the learned Doctor, Sir T. Tyburne might bee put to that taske, as to confute such vpstart Statists, with his rope-ripe conclusions. †B. n. 1. A person who is ripe for the gallows. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 roper1615 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 widdieneck?a1500 widdiefu?a1513 thevis neka1525 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 ropeful1567 gallows-clapper1570 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 crack-hempa1616 roper1615 halter-sick1617 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 hempy1718 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 hang-gallows1785 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 37 Giue hardenesse to youth and giue roperipe a twigge. 1600 Maydes Metamorphosis ii. ii. sig. C3^v How the diuel stumbled this case of rope-ripes in—into my way? 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A rope-ripe, ripe for the rope, or deseruing the rope, grevolable, relasche de pendu, pendard. 2. Learned, elaborately artificial, or bombastic language; rhetoric. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > rhetoric rhetory?a1500 rhetoric1559 rope-ripe1584 inkle-eloquence1774 rhetoricianism1842 1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London i. sig. B1 Thou art very pleasant & ful of thy roperipe, I would say rhetorick. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 137 Nur. Marry farewell. Pray what saucie merchant was this that was so full of his roperipe? Rom. A gentleman Nurse that loues to heare himselfe talke, and will speake more in an houre than hee will stand to in a month. View more context for this quotation 1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. B Old Stuk. Where dinnes he, Page. At Palmers ordinary, Old Stuk. your maister is an ordinary Student, Page. indeed Sir he studies very extraordinarily, Old Stuk. and you the rope-ripe ordinarily. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1530
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