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Synonyms for rareness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rair
Phonetic Transcription : rɛər

Top 10 synonyms for rareness
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Définition of rareness

Origin :
  • "unusual," late 14c., "thin, airy, porous;" mid-15c., "few in number and widely separated, sparsely distributed, seldom found;" from Old French rere "sparse" (14c.), from Latin rarus "thinly sown, having a loose texture; not thick; having intervals between, full of empty spaces," from PIE *ra-ro-, from root *ere- "to separate; adjoin" (cf. Sanskrit rte "besides, except," viralah "distant, tight, rare;" Old Church Slavonic rediku "rare," Old Hittite arhaÅ¡ "border," Lithuanian irti "to be dissolved"). "Few in number," hence, "unusual." Related: Rareness. In chemistry, rare earth is from 1818.
  • As in rarity : noun infrequency
  • As in scarcity : noun deficiency
  • As in dearth : noun insufficiency, scarcity
Example sentences :
  • And yet, had she but known it, the rareness and value of some of these were to exceed her fondest dreams.
  • Extract from : « The Purple Flame » by Roy J. Snell
  • The remains of beetles, considering the rareness of living ones, were remarkable.
  • Extract from : « Jungle Peace » by William Beebe
  • Perhaps she was growing out of that childhood to which common things have rareness, and all objects look larger.
  • Extract from : « Felix Holt, The Radical » by George Eliot
  • Think of her as raw, she has the gift of rareness: forget the donkey obstinacy, her character grasps.
  • Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
  • In no editorial sanctum has he been surpassed in rareness of diction, nor in power of expression.
  • Extract from : « Makers and Romance of Alabama History » by B. F. Riley
  • On the contrary, the cow will be considered sacred, in consequence of its rareness and utility.
  • Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
  • I might have sought to console myself with the rareness of the wines and the epicurean delicacy of the food.
  • Extract from : « A Volunteer with Pike » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • He knew something of Browning and little of Keats, but he had at least the wit to discern the rareness of her type.
  • Extract from : « The Trumpeter Swan » by Temple Bailey
  • They are as pretty as they are short-lived, and possess a quality of rareness that makes them additionally precious.
  • Extract from : « The Alps » by Martin Conway

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