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rare

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4 lettersPronunciation /ɹɛə/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aerrStarts with REnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Uncommon, unusual, or not often found.

Word origin

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 *hrōzijaną (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroHs- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old English hrōr (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”). More at rear.

Used in a sentence

  • Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.
  • While many material components in Andromeda are familiar, we have also discovered rarer and more valuable materials; attributable to exposure to the Scourge, or mysterious alien technology.
  • Sees her reflection in a butcher shop. She finds it all quite rare That her meat's all vanity fair.

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