rarest

adj.exceptional, infrequent
adj.precious, excellent
adj.not fully cooked

Antonyms for rarest

Word Origin & History

"unusual," late 14c., "thin, airy, porous;" mid-15c., "few in number and widely separated, sparsely distributed, seldom found;" from Old French rere "sparse" (14c.), from Latin rarus "thinly sown, having a loose texture; not thick; having intervals between, full of empty spaces," from PIE *ra-ro-, from root *ere- "to separate; adjoin" (cf. Sanskrit rte "besides, except," viralah "distant, tight, rare;" Old Church Slavonic rediku "rare," Old Hittite arhaš "border," Lithuanian irti "to be dissolved"). "Few in number," hence, "unusual." Related: Rareness. In chemistry, rare earth is from 1818.

Example Sentences forrarest

The effect of it was like a draught of rarest wine to warm her heart.

The walls were hung in old tapestries, the furniture was of the rarest.

Jacques patronizing the fool, is one of the rarest shows of self-ignorance.

His experiences were most interesting in obtaining some of the rarest specimens.

He is the skilled person who makes them, and of all skilled workmen he is the rarest.

The vision of my dreams was there, radiant in rarest beauty.

In this famous hot-house are the rarest palms and tropical plants.

But you have always the satisfaction of preparing for us the greatest and rarest pleasure.

In winter snow is frequent, while in Melbourne it is the rarest thing.

Foresight and ingenuity of the rarest kinds are demanded there.