rare
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From a dialectal variant of rear, from Middle English rere, from Old English hrēr, hrēre (“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”), from hrēran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijanan (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱera-, *ḱrā- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old English hrōr (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”). More at rear.
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Adjective [edit]
rare (comparative rarer or more rare, superlative rarest or most rare)
- (cooking, particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
- Dryden
- New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care / Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare.
- Dryden
Synonyms [edit]
- (cooked very lightly): sanguinary
Antonyms [edit]
- (cooked very lightly): well done
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon”), from Latin rārus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *er(e)-, *rē- (“friable, thin”). Replaced native Middle English gesen ("rare, scarce"; from Old English gǣsne), Middle English seld ("rare, uncommon"; from Old English selden), and Middle English seldsene ("rare, rarely seen, infrequent"; from Old Norse sialdsēnn; See seldsome).
Adjective [edit]
rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)
- Very uncommon; scarce.
- Black pearls are very rare and therefore, very valuable.
- (of a gas) thin; of low density
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Antonyms [edit]
- (very uncommon): common
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Etymology 3 [edit]
Variant of rear.
Verb [edit]
rare (third-person singular simple present rares, present participle raring, simple past and past participle rared)
- (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- Frank pretended to rare back as if bedazzled, shielding his eyes with a forearm.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rare
Dutch [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rare
- the inflected formFAQ of raar
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin rārus.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rare (masculine and feminine, plural rares)
- rare
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German [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rare
- inflected form of rar
Ido [edit]
Adverb [edit]
rare
Antonyms [edit]
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rare f pl
- feminine plural of raro
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Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin rārus.
Adjective [edit]
Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rāre
- vocative masculine singular of rārus
Swedish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rare
- absolute definite natural masculine form of rar.
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English adjectives
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English verbs
- American English
- Danish adjective forms
- Dutch adjective forms
- French terms derived from Latin
- French adjectives
- German adjective forms
- Ido adverbs
- Italian adjective forms
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
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