"rope-ripe" meaning in All languages combined

See rope-ripe on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more rope-ripe [comparative], most rope-ripe [superlative]
Etymology: rope + ripe Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rope|ripe}} rope + ripe Head templates: {{en-adj}} rope-ripe (comparative more rope-ripe, superlative most rope-ripe)
  1. (obsolete, of people) Deserving of being hanged. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Capital punishment
    Sense id: en-rope-ripe-en-adj-4-QoMJJG
  2. (obsolete, of actions) Punishable by being hanged. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-rope-ripe-en-adj-wdTluLSu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hangworthy, gallows-ripe, roperipe

Alternative forms

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