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单词 rareripe
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rareripen.adj.

Brit. /ˈrɛːrʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈrɛ(ə)ˌraɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rare adv.2, ripe adj.
Etymology: < rare adv.2 + ripe adj. Compare earlier rathe-ripe adj. and also rathe-ripe n.
Chiefly U.S.
A. n.
1. A person who or thing which is ready or matures early.In origin probably figurative with reference to early-ripening fruit or vegetables.
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1653 Z. Bogan View Threats & Punishments Recorded in Script. 537 Wealth hastily gotten, is like a child borne before his time... There are few rare-ripes, but are soon rotten; whether in wealth, wisdome, or learning.
1866 W. H. Herndon Let. 8 Jan. in P. M. Angle Lincoln Reader (1947) ix. 190 [Abraham] Lincoln would smooth things over by saying: ‘These children..are not merely rare-ripes, rotten-ripes, household plants.’
1904 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 13 May 8/5 (advt.) When the qualities are right and the prices are low we take them [sc. surpluses of Hosiery] in... These are rare ripes in the price way.
1997 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 Apr. 10 ‘Delay adolescence, rareripes rot’ my grandmother used to say. She knew that even the best youngster could curdle, crammed with copycat learning.
2. spec.
a. An early-ripening variety of peach. Now historical.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > types of peach
presse1604
avant-peach1611
man peach1629
nutmeg1629
Roman peach1629
muscat1664
Rambouillet1664
winter peach1664
rumbullion1670
Orleans1674
pavie1675
Magdalenea1678
minion1691
admirable1693
maudlin1699
clingstone1705
nipple peach1719
rareripe1722
melter1766
vanguard1786
freestone1807
cling1845
lemon cling1848
peregrine1903
doughnut peach1993
1722 New-Eng. Courant 3 Sept. 2/1 Having in his Garden a plentiful Crop of Rare-Ripes, he agreed with an Ethiopian Market-Man..to bring him an Horse-load of them to Town.
1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 i. 194 Seven or eight Hundred fine Peaches of the Rare-ripes, growing at the same Time upon one Tree.
1852 D. Smith Ladies' Bk. Anecd. 445 The mother went out and brought in some peaches; a few of which were large, red-cheeked, rare-ripes—the rest small, ordinary peaches.
1884 N.Y. Weekly Tribune 20 Feb. 11/1 Rare-ripes [are] red-fleshed, and yellow fleshed, but red at the stone.
1922 U. P. Hedrick Cycl. Hardy Fruits 189 A century ago Yellow Rareripe was at the head of the list of yellow-fleshed, freestone peaches.
1974 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 13 Oct. 20/2 Shinn's Rareripe, an early variety of freestone peach, was originated and introduced by them.
b. U.S. regional (New England). An early-ripening onion; a spring onion.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > onion > other types of onion
hollekec1000
chibol1362
scallion1393
oniona1398
chesbollc1410
oinet?1440
red onionc1450
sybow1574
green onion1577
Strasbourg onion1629
cibol1632
Portugal onion1647
Spanish onion1706
Welsh onion1731
spring onion1758
Reading1784
rareripe1788
yellow onion1816
onionet1820
potato onion1822
tripoli1822
escalion1847
stone-leek1861
Egyptian onion1880
ramp1885
multiplier1907
ramps1939
Vidalia1969
tree onion-
1788 Perpetual Laws Commonw. Mass. 284 No Onions, in bunches..shall be shipped..unless they weigh as follows, viz. rare ripes (so called) two and half pounds.
1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 196/2 Even an onion which is partly rotten will produce two, three, or four good ones, if the seed stems be taken off as soon as they appear. They ripen earlier than young ones, have the name rare-ripes, and will sell at a higher price.
1855 J. A. Eames Another Budget (ed. 2) x. 97 Some large bunches of early onions, such as are commonly called ‘rare ripes’ at home.
1859 A. Watson Amer. Home Garden xi. 158 The very early stringed and barreled dry onions known in our markets as rareripes.
1935 W. Winchell in Wisconsin State Jrnl. 6 Aug. 4/7 In Rhode Island they feature a vegetable called ‘The Rareripe’... It's a scallion!.. The legend is they decided on that name since you made scallions mean something repulsive.
1963 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 16 May 21 (advt.) Rare ripes Garden-fresh 'n nippy! Bunch 5c.
1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Mar. t19 In whatever form scallions or ‘rareripes’ from the garden are used, they will add a bright and lively note to many recipes.
B. adj.
Esp. of grains, fruit, or vegetables: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year. Also in extended use.In quot. 1861: of the colour of a rareripe peach.
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the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > ripening or becoming ripe > ripening or flowering early
hasty1338
before-ripea1382
precoquea1398
premature?1440
rathe1572
hasting1578
rathe-ripe1578
precocious1650
precoce1658
rareripe1678
hastive1724
force-ripe1830
1678–9 R. Plot in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) 2 Jan. III. 452 By others it [sc. Patney barley] was called rare ripe barley.
1708 H. P. Looking-glass for Children (ed. 4) 72 The courteous welcome of your rare-ripe verse.
1747 W. Stith Hist. Virginia iii. 162 Rare-ripe Corn was the Corn of those Times, and..they usually had two Crops of it in a Year.
1786 G. Washington Diary 12 Dec. (1925) III. 145 The Eastern rare-ripe Corn..had yielded..unproductively both at Muddy hole and in the Neck.
1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner vi. 58 Brunette, with a rareripe flush in her cheeks.
1866 W. H. Herndon Let. 8 Jan. in P. M. Angle Lincoln Reader (1947) ix. 190 [Abraham Lincoln would say:] ‘I have always noticed that a rare-ripe child quickly matures, but rots as quickly.’
1870 Overland Monthly June 563/2 My babes..like rareripe fruits, untouched as yet, with the nap and the dew upon them.
1947 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 30 Nov. A jug o' rare-ripe corn squeezin's.
1955 New Castle (Pa.) News 7 Sept. 21/3 (advt.) For Sale. Rare Ripe peaches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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