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raresome

raresome adjective: characterised or marked by rareness.

Adjective

raresome (comparative more raresome, superlative most raresome)

  1. Characterised or marked by rareness.
    • "A raresome fickle wife he'd a had," said one, "awliss a changing!"1819, Catherine Hutton, Oakwood Hall
    • And he became such a raresome success, that other women said: 'Shiv, if you came to me, you could have 10 per cent of it.'2015, Raja Rao, Collected Stories

Synonyms of raresome

Forms of raresome

comparativemore raresome
superlativemost raresome

Origin of raresome

From rare + -some.

Questions about raresome

What does raresome mean?
Raresome means characterised or marked by rareness.
What part of speech is raresome?
Raresome is an adjective.

Words near raresome in the dictionary

  1. rarer than hen's teeth
  2. rarer than hens' teeth
  3. rareripe
  4. rareripes
  5. rares
  6. raresome
  7. rarest
  8. rareties
  9. rarety
  10. Rareyfied
  11. Rareyfies

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