rare
adj 1: not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a
rare word"; "rare books"
2: recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance";
"total eclipses are rare events"
3: not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of gree
in the desert"
4: having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the
rarefied mountain air" [syn: {rarefied}, {rarified}]
5: marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or
extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in
June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of
humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" [syn: {uncommon}]
6: (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast
beef"