overripen

English

Etymology

Verb

overripen (third-person singular simple present overripens, present participle overripening, simple past and past participle overripened)

To ripen too much; to become overripe.
- 2007 February 15, Claudia La Rocco, “Dancers, and Their Company, Held Down by Gravity”, in New York Times‎:
  This wasn’t so problematic at first: exhaustion actually suits Christopher Wheeldon’s “Klavier,” a dark exploration of the moment when opulence overripens to decadence.

Translations

to ripen too much; to become overripe

French: blettir (fr)

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