rare Copy link Outline I. Scarce, uncommon1. rārus2. infrĕquens3. ĭnūsĭtātusII. Excellent1. rārus (not so in best age; and chiefly poet.)2. exĭmius3. singŭlāris, egrĕgius, praestansIII. Thin1. tĕnuis, e (fine, subtle)2. rārus (with wide interstices, not closely packed)IV. Thinly scattered (Milton)V. Nearly raw (Dryden) • rare: I. Scarce, uncommon: 1. rārus: in every art all that is best is most r., in omni arte optimum quidquid rarissimum, Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 81: r. things are preferred to common ones, ante ponuntur rara vulgaribus, id. Top. 18, 69: a r. and unusual thing, rarum et insolitum, Plin. Pan., 60: a rare bird (the peacock), rara avis, Hor. S., 2, 2, 26: also used fig. to denote anything very rare, Juv. 6, 165. 2. infrĕquens: a r. word. in. vocabulum, Gell. 2, 22. 3. ĭnūsĭtātus: v. unusual. II. Excellent: 1. rārus (not so in best age; and chiefly poet.): she was a r. girl, r. puella fuit, Prop. 1, 17, 16: a work of r. art, artis opus rarae, Tib. 3, 4, 37. 2. exĭmius: (a woman) of r. beauty, eximiae pulcritudinis., Plin. 3. singŭlāris, egrĕgius, praestans: v. remarkable, excellent. III. Thin: 1. tĕnuis, e (fine, subtle): a r. atmosphere, t. aer, Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 42: ib. 2, 15. 42. 2. rārus (with wide interstices, not closely packed): Lucr. 2, 106: dense and r. places (Milton), *densa et rara locorum: v. thin. IV. Thinly scattered (Milton): rārus: r. locks of hair, r. capillus, Suet. Cal. 60. V. Nearly raw (Dryden): succrūdus: Cat.