"ripest" in the adjective sense
1. ripe, mature
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
"ripe peaches"
"full-bodied mature wines"
2. ripe
fully prepared or eager
"the colonists were ripe for revolution"
3. good, right, ripe
most suitable or right for a particular purpose
"a good time to plant tomatoes"
"the right time to act"
"the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
4. ripe
at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
"a ripe mind"
5. advanced, ripe
far along in time
"a man of advanced age"
"advanced in years"
"a ripe old age"
"the ripe age of 90"
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