Definition of Rare

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Definition of Rare

Rare

Early.

Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.

Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.

Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.

Thinly scattered; dispersed.

Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.

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Rare Quotations

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Mark Twain

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
Henry David Thoreau

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.
Anais Nin

If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
Hunter S. Thompson

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
Coco Chanel

Really, if I'm gonna eat a meat, I'd rather eat venison than anything and I do like it a little on the rare side. That's probably my favorite meat and I've had some awfully good venison in some of the great restaurants.
Mike Ditka

Rare Translations

rare in Afrikaans is skaars
rare in Dutch is zeldzaam, ongemeen, schaars
rare in German is selten, rar
rare in Latin is rarus
rare in Portuguese is raro

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