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Webster 1913 Edition

(răr′ĭ-ty̆; 277)

Noun.

;

pl.

Rarities

(răr′ĭ-tĭz)

[L.

raritas

: cf. F.

rareté

. See

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.

Addison.

Noun.

[L. raritas.]

Uncommonness; infrequency.

Far from being fond of a flower for its rarity -

A thing valued for its scarcity.

I saw three rarities of different kinds, which pleased me more than any other shows in the place.

Thinness; tenuity; opposed to density; as the rarity of air.