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force-ripe

force-ripe ▶adjective W. Indian (of a person ) old or mature in certain respects without having developed fully in others. ORIGIN by association with a fruit that has ripened by forcing.

 

Oxford Dictionary

force-ripe

force-ripe ▶adjective W. Indian (of a person ) old or mature in certain respects without having developed fully in others. ORIGIN by association with a fruit that has ripened by forcing.