adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:OW1 V ER0 R AY1 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
too ripe and beginning to turn soft
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English ripe English overripe From over- + ripe.
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Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُتَفَسِّخ
(mutafassiḵ)
— excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad