unripeningadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪp(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənˈraɪp(ə)nɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, ripening adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + ripening adj.

1. That does not bring something to ripeness or maturity. Now rare.

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1740 A. Hill in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) I. 44 This unripening influence of moisture is the bar to our hopes without-doors.

1756 J. Malcolm Bill of Advocation 12 It would be absurd, in this Particular, to follow the Roman Law in these Northern and unripening Climes.

1850 Western Hort. Rev. Oct. 48/2 When our summers have been cool and unripening, our pears have ripened prematurely.

1909 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 234 The soft, unripening weather experienced right up to Christmas.

2. Not ripening; not coming to ripeness or maturity.

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the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > ripening or becoming ripe > not ripening

unripeninga1775

a1775 E. Lovibond Poems Several Occasions (1785) 104 To Change the China trader speeds his pace, Nor heeds the chilly North's unripening dames.

1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 531 Death Crushes with sterile feet the unripening ear.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxx. 519 He was an added weariness upon her unripening nights, her unfruitful slumbers.

1988 P. Sonnino Louis XIV & Origins of Dutch War iv. 75 Nor did the king have any excuse for disapproving, weary as he may have been of unripening inheritances.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unripening
释义	unripeningadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪp(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈraɪp(ə)nɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, ripening adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + ripening adj. 1. That does not bring something to ripeness or maturity. Now rare. ΚΠ 1740 A. Hill in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) I. 44 This unripening influence of moisture is the bar to our hopes without-doors. 1756 J. Malcolm Bill of Advocation 12 It would be absurd, in this Particular, to follow the Roman Law in these Northern and unripening Climes. 1850 Western Hort. Rev. Oct. 48/2 When our summers have been cool and unripening, our pears have ripened prematurely. 1909 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 234 The soft, unripening weather experienced right up to Christmas. 2. Not ripening; not coming to ripeness or maturity. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > ripening or becoming ripe > not ripening unripeninga1775 a1775 E. Lovibond Poems Several Occasions (1785) 104 To Change the China trader speeds his pace, Nor heeds the chilly North's unripening dames. 1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 531 Death Crushes with sterile feet the unripening ear. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxx. 519 He was an added weariness upon her unripening nights, her unfruitful slumbers. 1988 P. Sonnino Louis XIV & Origins of Dutch War iv. 75 Nor did the king have any excuse for disapproving, weary as he may have been of unripening inheritances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1740
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