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rareness

noun

Etymology

From rare + -ness.

  1. derived from *h₁reh₁-✻ — “friable, thin”
  2. derived from rārus — “loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”
  3. derived from rare
  4. inherited from rare
  5. suffixed as rareness — “rare + ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being rare

    The property of being rare; rarity

    • We discussed the rareness of the coin and decided it was actually pretty common.
    • The patron sent back the steak because he objected to its rareness.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA