单词 | rariety |
释义 | rarietyn. = rarity n. (chiefly in senses 2, 3, and 5). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] goodnessOE mund?c1250 daintethc1290 bountyc1300 daintyc1300 excellencec1384 virtuea1393 excellency?a1400 nobilitya1400 meritc1425 singularity?c1450 fineness1523 admirationa1533 rareness1545 rightness1561 rariety1566 rarity1566 excellentness1569 beautya1586 admirableness1607 primeness1611 gallantry1650 eximiety1656 optimity1656 altesse1660 unexceptionableness1669 excellingness1701 quality1803 sterlingness1815 stupendosity1828 goodliness1832 superbness1832 unexceptionability1837 sweetness and light1867 class1884 rortiness1885 rippingness1903 superstardom1928 motherfucker1977 awesomeness1998 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > rareness selcouthnessc1440 rareness1545 rariety1566 rarity1566 uncommonness1705 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > rareness > something very rare rare1566 rariety1566 black swan?1570 rarity1592 hen's milk1601 white Negro1631 rara avis1651 (one) in a million1685 collector's or collectors' item1910 lightning in a bottle1941 rare bird1962 1566 J. Rastell Treat.: Beware of M. Iewel sig. Aij That diuiding of the Fooke into two partes which the Rarietie thereof occasioned me to make not altogeather so willingly. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. i. f.14v The more I reaue in the rariety of their noble vertues, so muche the more oughte I, to increase my indeuor in thymitacion of the like examples. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. D4 The register of all rarieties, Since Letherne Adam, till this youngest howre. View more context for this quotation 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iii. sig. G2v Let all raryeties Showre downe from heauen a lardges. 1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie iv. sig. G If any clyme Could yeeld rarietie to equall ours. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xv. 275 I believe he would meet with more Rarieties here than in all other Parts of the World. 1742 tr. P. Lambert de Saumery Devil turn'd Hermit I. iii. vi. 220 He came to visit this city, and spent his time in admiring all the rarieties worthy the curiosity of a man of pleasure. 1841 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 324/2 He showed me one [sc. coin] with Cicero's head upon it..—this he esteemed a great rariety. 1972 Burlington Mag. Feb. p. xvi/3 An important collection of crown pieces containing many proofs and rarieties together. 2007 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 9 Mar. 12 The band's last album was a collection of B-sides and rarieties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566 |
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