Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Ready to weep.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Ripe for weeping; ready to weep.

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Examples

  • With that word she looked kindly on Arthur, and again they laughed all three; though forsooth they were well-nigh weeping-ripe; one for joy, and that was Hugh; one for memory of the days gone by; and one for the bitterness of love that should never be rewarded; albeit dear even unto her was the meeting of friends and the glory of forgiveness and the end of enmity.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • She was weeping-ripe, but refrained her tears, though her lip quivered.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • And it seemed as if the goodman were weeping-ripe, whereof none marvelled.

    The Sundering Flood William Morris 1865

  • Then all men gave a great shout, and were well-nigh weeping-ripe for high heart and for love of him, though a minute before their faces were all agrin, so wise and valiant and kind they deemed his words and the manner of his speaking.

    The Sundering Flood William Morris 1865

  • As for the Sun-beam, she was somewhat out of herself at first, being eager and restless beyond her wont, and yet at whiles weeping-ripe when she called to mind that she was now leaving all those things, the gain whereof had been a dream to her both waking and sleeping for these years past.

    The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale William Morris 1865

  • With that word she looked kindly on Arthur, and again they laughed all three; though forsooth they were well-nigh weeping-ripe; one for joy, and that was Hugh; one for memory of the days gone by; and one for the bitterness of love that should never be rewarded; albeit dear even unto her was the meeting of friends and the glory of forgiveness and the end of enmity.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865

  • She was weeping-ripe, but refrained her tears, though her lip quivered.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865

  • I was cruel; but, seeing her weeping-ripe, consented she should come to-morrow and work while I wrote.

    The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801

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  • The fad was at first the creeping type

    Then came waves of meeping hype.

    To the young it's a gift:

    Its meaning can shift,

    And keep Mrs. Grundy weeping-ripe.

    January 18, 2015