overripe

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   too ripe and beginning to become soft, spoiled, or fermented

   The overripe peaches had begun to collapse in the bowl.

2. 2
   adj

   figurative: past the point of freshness, restraint, or attractiveness

   The performance had an overripe theatricality that overwhelmed the story.

Formed from over-, 'excessively or beyond the proper point,' and ripe. Figurative uses extend excessive ripeness to style, age, or emotion.

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