Associations to the word «Ripened»

Wiktionary

RIPENED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of ripen

Dictionary definition

RIPENED, adjective. Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope