riper


ripe

R0256200 (rīp)adj. rip·er, rip·est 1. Fully developed; mature: ripe peaches.2. Sufficiently advanced in preparation or aging to be used or eaten: ripe cheese.3. Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned: ripe judgment.4. Advanced in years: the ripe age of 90.5. Fully prepared to do or undergo something; ready: "By 1965 the republic was ripe for a coup" (Alex Shoumatoff).6. Sufficiently advanced; opportune: The time is ripe for great societal changes.7. Sensuous and full: ripe lips.8. Coarse or indecent; vulgar: the comic's ripe language.9. Emitting a foul odor: "the dirt and stench ... the mountains of ripe bushmeat in every camp" (Bryan Mealer).
[Middle English, from Old English rīpe.]
ripe′ly adv.ripe′ness n.

riper

(ˈraɪpə) n (Historical Terms) obsolete Scot a thief