单词 | ripe scholar |
释义 | > as lemmasripe scholar a. Of a person: of mature judgement or knowledge; fully informed; thoroughly qualified by study and thought. Frequently in ripe scholar. Now rare.In quot. OE the glossator appears to have misunderstood the Latin (in which the sense of matura is clearly ‘fully grown’: compare sense A. 5b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] > mature ripeOE fara1400 mature1667 adult1906 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > very learned ripeOE deepc1175 profoundc1300 well-lettereda1387 well-groundeda1438 sad1523 well-knowledged1595 solid1600 well-tutored1600 accomplished1603 grounded1613 deep-read1639 scientissimous1650 OE Sedulius Glosses (Corpus Cambr. 173) in F. Sandgren Otium et Negotium (1973) 212 Matura : wis, ripe [L. filia..unica, virgineis nec adhuc matura sub annis]. a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) xlvi. 99 Beon ȝesette an odðe twa ealde swustre, wise an[d] ripe. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 135 Nis þat non god tocne of ripe manne. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 211 (MED) He is him ripe & fastrede; Ne lust him nu to none unrede. Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 748 Iugis & mynistris of þe king..owen to be ripe men. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 21 We olde men..Til we be roten, kan we noght be rype. c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 438 (MED) Crist sente hise apostlis, when þei weren rype, to diverse londis to sowe wateris of wisdom. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 42v This exercise may bring moch profite to ripe heads. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 162 No lesse plaine to a ripe reader, then if it were named expresly. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 51 He was a Scholler, and a ripe, and good one. View more context for this quotation 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxii. 6 Some young men are ripe betime, and more ready-headed than their ancients. 1695 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1880) IV. 203 To the effect the royall borrowes may be the more rype and deliberat..as to [etc.]. 1719 E. Settle Threnodia Apollinaris 6 So early Ripe the Lab'ring Student grew. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. i. 7 Mr. Crawley in his early days had been a ripe scholar. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 367 A ripe scholar and in many ways an eloquent teacher. 1905 W. J. Locke Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1906) i. x. 130 He is a ripe and whimsical scholar. 1941 Times 17 Feb. 5/4 The writer in the Literary Supplement told a pretty tale of a ripe scholar who kept a large Bodoni Virgil to read. 1999 D. Dalen Mystic i. 25 Carel, as the older and riper person, guided Bertus into the world of art and into the more worldly aspects of life. < as lemmas |
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