Definition of "weeping-ripe" [weep•ing-ripe]

• Ripe for weeping; ready to weep. (adjective)

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• "With that word she looked kindly on Arthur, and again they laughed all three; though forsooth they were well-nigh weeping-ripe; one for joy, and that was Hugh; one for memory of the days gone by; and one for the bitterness of love that should never be rewarded; albeit dear even unto her was the meeting of friends and the glory of forgiveness and the end of enmity."
• "She was weeping-ripe, but refrained her tears, though her lip quivered."
• "And it seemed as if the goodman were weeping-ripe, whereof none marvelled."