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RARITY

\ɹˈe͡əɹətˌi], \ɹˈe‍əɹətˌi], \ɹ_ˈeə_ɹ_ə_t_ˌi]\

Definitions of RARITY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
noteworthy scarcity

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
noteworthy scarcity

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

That which is rare; an uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

That which is rare; an uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The state or quality of being infrequent or uncommon; a choice or scarce article; unusual excellence; thinness; as, the rarity of the air at a height.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

State of being rare: thinness: subtilty: something valued for its scarcity: uncommonness.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

State of being rare; something uncommon.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The quality of being rare; something valued for its scarceness.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Rareness; a rare thing.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

State of being uncommon; value arising from scarcity; thinness; opposed to density; rare bit, a dainty morsel.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. [Latin] Quality or state of being rare; rareness; tenuity;- uncommonness; infrequency; - a rare or uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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