• starik@lemmy.zip
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      9 days ago

      You must mean this one:

      6: ruddy, plump, or full like ripened fruit

      a ripe figure

      This one refers to the shape of something - an actual physical object. So like “full lips” but not like a “full head” (abstract) or a “full stomach” (a feeling)

      A speech can’t be “ripe with” boasts in this sense.

      • Velypso@sh.itjust.works
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        9 days ago

        Nope, this one

        full of.

        a population ripe with discontent

        And sorry it wasnt websters it was oxford.