单词 | unriped |
释义 | unripedadj.ΚΠ OE Ælfric Homily (Corpus Cambr. 188) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 420 Se bitera deað is gecweden þe bið on cildum, and se ungeripoda deað, on geongum mannum, and se gecyndelica, þe becymð þam ealdum. OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 64 He geseah þa sona þæt he his sylfes geweold on ungeripedum freodome & unstaððigum þeawum, & begann þa to lufienne leahtras to swiðe & fela unðeawas mid his efenealdum cnihtum. 2. Esp. of grain or fruit: not ripened, unripe. Also in figurative contexts. Now chiefly Indian English. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > unripe or over-ripe unripec1275 semi-maturec1440 unripedc1500 untimely1535 unripened1561 overripened1594 immature1599 maum1691 under-ripe1707 overripe1769 c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) xiv Though [read thou] youth, of nature indegest, Unrypit fruyte with windis variable. 1588 W. Clowes Prooued Pract. Young Chirurgians 80 This oyle Omphacinum afore spoken of, is meant the oyle made of vnriped Oliues. 1651 tr. L. Fioravanti Three Exact Pieces iii. xcvi. 165 Flint..hath vertue to dissolve the gravell in the Reins and Bladder, if ye give thereof two drachms with unriped Wine. 1818 Caledonian Mercury 10 Oct. The straw of the former crop was literally a mass of unriped rubbish. 1887 Million (Des Moines, Iowa) 26 Feb. 410/1 The waving corn unriped or gathered standing in wigwams. 1918 Louisiana Planter & Sugar Manufacturer 29 June 413/3 Unriped pineapples exposed to weak ultra-violet rays under definite condition have been found to ripen earlier than the ones under common sunlight. 2004 A. K. Chakravarthy in K. G. Mukerji Fruit & Veg. Dis. I. iv. 124 The unriped fruits were plucked off and dropped. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OE |
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