What is "riper"

Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. Riper (r[imac]p"[~e]r); superl. Ripest.] [AS. r[=i]pe; akin to OS. r[=i]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[=i]ft; cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest, r[=i]pan to reap. Cf. Reap.]

1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

   So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap.
   --Milton.

2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.

3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. ``Ripe courage.''
   --Chaucer.

   He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
   --Shak.

4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.

5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.

   While things were just ripe for a war.
   --Addison.

   I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
   --Burke.

6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

   Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip.
   --Shak.

7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] ``Reeling ripe.''
   --Shak.

   Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See Mature.

a. (en-comparative of: ripe)