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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rair-uh ey-vis; Latin rah-rah ah-wis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛər ə ˈeɪ vɪs; Latin ˈrɑ rɑ ˈɑ wɪs |
Definition of rara avis
Origin :- c.1600, "peculiar person," from Latin rara avis, literally "strange bird," from rara, fem. of rarus "rare" (see rare (adj.1)) + avis "bird" (see aviary). Latin plural is raræ aves. Horace's peacock (a Roman delicacy), Juvenal's black swan ("Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno").
- As in oddity/oddball : noun person who is very different
- As in phenomenon : noun rare occurrence; wonder
- As in wonder : noun something that is amazing
- As in rare bird : noun odd person
- He seems to think that I am a sort of a rara avis, a freak of nature.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- An adversary is a rara avis at any time; and this one is Holmlock Shears!
- Extract from : « The Blonde Lady » by Maurice Leblanc
- It would be erroneous to suppose that the new farmer is a rara avis.
- Extract from : « Chapters in Rural Progress » by Kenyon L. Butterfield
- But the goose that lays a golden egg every morning is a rara avis.
- Extract from : « Fables and Fabulists: Ancient and Modern » by Thomas Newbigging
- He is a rara avis in that country from the fact that he hates whiskey.
- Extract from : « The Doctor » by Ralph Connor
- On the 25th, we overhauled that rara avis in mare, a Prussian ship.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States » by Raphael Semmes
- A swagman who has important private business with me is a rara avis.
- Extract from : « The Childerbridge Mystery » by Guy Boothby
- Now this Mrs. Fitzsnob is not a rara avis, but is frequently met with.
- Extract from : « Bohemian Society » by Lydia Leavitt
- He has you guessing, old girl, and the man who does that is a rara avis.
- Extract from : « The Pride of Palomar » by Peter B. Kyne
- Well, a good and perfect woman is a rara avis, at all events mother.
- Extract from : « Vera Nevill » by Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron
Synonyms for rara avis
- abnormality
- act of God
- actuality
- anomaly
- appearance
- aspect
- case
- character
- circumstance
- curiosity
- cynosure
- duck
- eccentric
- episode
- event
- exception
- experience
- fact
- fish out of water
- freak
- happening
- incident
- marvel
- maverick
- miracle
- misfit
- nonpareil
- odd bird
- odd fellow
- oddball
- oddity
- one for the books
- original
- paradox
- peculiarity
- phenomenon
- portent
- prodigy
- queer duck
- rara avis
- rarity
- reality
- screwball
- sensation
- sight
- something else
- spectacle
- stunner
- uniqueness
- weirdo
- wonderment
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