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rareripe

[ rair-rahyp ]

adjective

  1. ripening early.


noun

  1. a fruit or vegetable that ripens early.

rareripe

/ ˈ°ùɛəˌ°ù²¹Éª±è /

adjective

  1. ripening early
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a fruit or vegetable that ripens early
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rareripe1

1715–25, Americanism; rare, early variant (obsolete except British dial.) of rathe + ripe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rareripe1

C18 rare , variant of rathe + ripe
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Rareripe, rÄr′rÄ«p, adj. early ripe.

From

When Bob was small, Lincoln low-rated him as "the little rareripe sort, that are smarter at about five than ever after."

And we see that Julia carries a crimson face, and smiling look; although she stoops considerably, and her long arms and loping gait, make her appear to many, ungainly; she is ruddy as a rareripe peach, and smiles from her forehead and eyes, and face and mouth.

From

But woe betide Alexander and all rareripe Bostonians who mistake the scaffolding for the edifice.

From

At thirteen, that peculiar time when the young turn to faith, this perverse rareripe was so filled with doubt that it ran over and he stood in the slop.

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