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noun

Rarity n. (pl. rarities)

The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.

That which is rare; an uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity. "I saw three rarities of different kinds, which pleased me more than any other shows in the place."

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Etymology of 'Rarity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rarity" Quotes from Famous Books

... sometimes find during work, and will wish to preserve. These foetal specimens, however, let it be remembered, are of the greatest consequence in the study of embryology, and should always be preserved intact in a fluid medium of some kind. Sometimes the operator comes across a foetus of some rarity, which, if not large, can be preserved in a small "preparation" jar, filled with best rectified spirits of wine, as being not too expensive ...

— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne

... give rarity and splendour to his thanks. Janie pondered over them a little, but when Crayshaw added, "Quite parenthetical," she gave it up. That was a word she could not hope to understand. When a difficulty is once confessed to be unconquerable, ...

— Fated to Be Free • Jean Ingelow

... saves the race from ruin through passion is the rarity of those by nature or by art expert in using it. Norman felt that he was paying the penalty for his persistent search for this rarity; one of the basest tricks of destiny upon man is to give him what he wants—wealth, or fame, or power, or the woman ...

— The Grain Of Dust - A Novel • David Graham Phillips

... to harmless merriment in the cricket-field or on the friendly country roads, and his evening is spent without any vain gossip in the happy companionship of his books. That young man loses no day; but unhappily he represents a type which is but too rare. The steady man, economic of time, is a rarity; but the wild youth who is always going to do something to-morrow is one of a class that numbers only too many on its rolls. To-morrow! The young fellow passes to-day on the river, or spends it in lounging or in active dissipation. He feels that he is doing wrong; but the gaunt spectres ...

— The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions - Joints In Our Social Armour • James Runciman

... seldom met with in its perfection that its manifestation is a matter of greatest interest to those who make a study of the subject. It occasionally occurs in flashes, and can not be produced at will by the ordinary clairvoyant. Unfortunately, its very rarity and uncommonness cause it to be counterfeited and ...

— Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers • Bhakta Vishita

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