firstripe
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]firstripe (comparative more firstripe, superlative most firstripe)
- (archaic) Of fruit, the earliest to ripen; the freshest.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 7:1:
- Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.