overripen

verb

overripen

verb

Etymology From over- + ripen.

1

To ripen too much; to become overripe.

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.2007 February 15, Claudia La Rocco, “Dancers, and Their Company, Held Down by Gravity”, in New York Times:

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