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quaint
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: kw?nt, IPA(key): /kwe?nt/, [k?we??nt]
- Rhymes: -e?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cogn?sc? (“I know”).
Adjective
quaint (comparative quainter, superlative quaintest)
- (obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty. [13th-19th c.]
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2:
- But you, my Lord, were glad to be imploy'd, / To shew how queint an Orator you are.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2:
- (obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived. [14th-19th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX:
- describe races and games, / Or tilting furniture, imblazon'd shields, / Impresses quaint, caparisons and steeds, / Bases and tinsel trappings [...].
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX:
- (now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual. [from 14th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.4:
- Till that there entered on the other side / A straunger knight, from whence no man could reed, / In quyent disguise, full hard to be descride […].
- 1924, Time, 17 Nov 1924:
- What none would dispute though many smiled over was the good-humored, necessary, yet quaint omission of the writer's name from the whole consideration.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.4:
- (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th-19th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.7:
- She, nothing quaint / Nor 'sdeignfull of so homely fashion, / Sith brought she was now to so hard constraint, / Sate downe upon the dusty ground anon [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.7:
- Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm. [from 18th c.]
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma:
- I admire all that quaint, old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me.
- 2011, Ian Sample, The Guardian, 31 Jan 2011:
- The rock is a haven for rare wildlife, a landscape where pretty hedgerows and quaint villages are bordered by a breathtaking, craggy coastline.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma:
Synonyms
- (overly discriminating): See also Thesaurus:fastidious
Derived terms
- quaintly
- quaintness
- quaintsome
Translations
Etymology 2
A variant of cunt (possibly as a pun).
Noun
quaint (plural quaints)
- (archaic) The vulva. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Tale", Canterbury Tales:
- And trewely, as myne housbondes tolde me, / I hadde þe beste queynte þat myghte be.
- 2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, p. 9:
- The rest looked on, horrified, as Clarice trussed up her habit and in open view placed her hand within her queynte crying, ‘The first house of Sunday belongs to the sun, and the second to Venus.’
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Tale", Canterbury Tales:
Anagrams
- quinta
Middle English
Adjective
quaint
- Alternative form of queynte
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rare
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???(?)/
- (Irish) IPA(key): [???]
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /????/, /???/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon”), from Latin r?rus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *er(e)-, *r?- (“friable, thin”). Replaced native Middle English gesen (“rare, scarce”) (from Old English g?sne), Middle English seld (“rare, uncommon”) (from Old English selden), and Middle English seldscene (“rare, rarely seen, infrequent”) (from Old English selds?ne; see seldsome).
Adjective
rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)
- Very uncommon; scarce.
- Synonyms: scarce, selcouth, seld, seldsome, selly, geason, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare
- Antonyms: common, frequent; see also Thesaurus:common
- (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
- (Britain, slang) Good; enjoyable.
- 1981, Chris Difford (lyrics), Glenn Tilbrook (vocal), "Vanity Fair" (song):
- Sees her reflection in a butcher shop.
- She finds it all quite rare
- That her meat's all vanity fair.
- 1981, Chris Difford (lyrics), Glenn Tilbrook (vocal), "Vanity Fair" (song):
Derived terms
- rare bird
- rare earth mineral
Related terms
- rarity
Translations
Noun
rare (plural rares)
- (gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.
- 1995, George Baxter, Larry W. Smith, Mastering Magic Cards (page 116)
- Most of the time, you do this by trading low-valued rares for more valuable ones or trading uncommons for rares. Other times it's trading cards that are in print for ones that are out of print, or low-value rares for good uncommons.
- 1995, George Baxter, Larry W. Smith, Mastering Magic Cards (page 116)
Etymology 2
From a dialectal variant of rear, from Middle English rere, from Old English hr?r, hr?re (“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”), from hr?ran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?zijan? (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *?roHs- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old English hr?r (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”). More at rear.
Alternative forms
- reer, rere (British)
Adjective
rare (comparative rarer or more rare, superlative rarest or most rare)
- (cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
- Antonym: well done
Derived terms
- medium rare
Translations
Etymology 3
Variant of rear.
Verb
rare (third-person singular simple present rares, present participle raring, simple past and past participle rared)
- (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- Frank pretended to rare back as if bedazzled, shielding his eyes with a forearm.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
Usage notes
- Principal current, non-literary use is of the present participle raring with a verb in "raring to". The principal verb in that construction is go. Thus, raring to go ("eager (to start something)") is the expression in which rare is most often encountered as a verb.
Etymology 4
Compare rather, rath.
Adjective
rare (comparative more rare, superlative most rare)
- (obsolete) early
References
- Rare in The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Anagrams
- arré, rear
Danish
Adjective
rare
- plural and definite singular attributive of rar
Dutch
Alternative forms
- raren (Brabantian)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra?.r?/
Adjective
rare
- Inflected form of raar
Noun
rare m (plural raren, diminutive rareke n)
- weird person
- Synonym: rare vogel
References
- [1]
French
Etymology
Borrowed (in this form) from Latin r?rus. Compare the inherited Old French rer, rere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Adjective
rare (plural rares)
- rare
Derived terms
- métal rare
- oiseau rare
- perle rare
- rareté
- rarissime
- se faire rare
- terre rare
Further reading
- “rare” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- erra
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a???
Adjective
rare
- inflection of rar:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Ido
Adverb
rare
- rarely
- Antonyms: freque, ofte
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -are
Adjective
rare
- feminine plural of raro
Anagrams
- erra
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
r?r? (comparative r?rius, superlative r?rissim?)
- thinly, sparsely, here and there
- rarely, seldom
Etymology 2
Adjective
r?re
- vocative masculine singular of r?rus
References
- rare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rere
Etymology
From Old French rer and Latin r?rus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra?r(?)/, /?r??r(?)/
Adjective
rare
- airy, vacuous
- porous, breathable
- sparsely spread
- rare, uncommon, scarce
- small, little
Related terms
- rarefien
Descendants
- English: rare
References
- “r?r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin r?rus.
Adjective
rare m or f
- (Jersey) rare
Derived terms
- rarement (“rarely”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
rare
- inflection of rar:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
rare
- inflection of rar:
- definite singular
- plural
Swedish
Adjective
rare
- absolute definite natural masculine form of rar.
Anagrams
- rear
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