rara avisn.

Brit.

/ˌrɑːrə ˈeɪvɪs/,

/ˌrɛːrə ˈeɪvɪs/,

/ˌrɑːrə ˈɑːvɪs/,

/ˌrɛːrə ˈɑːvɪs/,

/ˌrɑːrə ˈavɪs/,

/ˌrɛːrə ˈavɪs/, U.S.

/ˈˌrɑrə ˈeɪvᵻs/

Inflections: Plural rara avises, (now rare) rarae aves.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rāra avis.

Etymology: < classical Latin rāra avis, literally ‘rare bird’ ( Juvenal Satires 6. 165: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ‘a bird rare on the earth and very like a black swan’; compare also Persius Satires 1. 46) < rāra , feminine of rārus rare adj.¹ + avis bird (see aviary n.). Compare French oiseau rare rarity (1636). Compare earlier rare bird n. at rare adj.¹, adv.¹, and n. Compounds 2.Occasionally without article, in imitation of Latin syntax.

1. Cf. rare bird n. at rare adj.¹, adv.¹, and n. Compounds 2.

a. A person of a type rarely encountered; an unusual or exceptional person; a paragon.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person

gemc1275

blooma1300

excellence1447

mirrorc1450

man of mena1470

treasure?1545

paragon1548

shining light1563

Apollo's swan?1592

man of wax1597

rara avis1607

Titan1611

choice spirita1616

excellency1725

inestimable1728

inimitable1751

cock of the walk1781

surpasser1805

shiner1810

swell1816

trump1819

tip-topper1822

star1829

beauty1832

soarer1895

trumph1895

pansy1899

Renaissance man1906

exemplum virtutis1914

museum piece1920

superman1925

flyer1930

pistol1935

all-star1949

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > rareness > person

rare bird1553

rara avis1607

1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage sig. A3^v And by that, thou hast beene married but three weekes, tho thou shouldst wed a Cynthia rara avis, thou wouldest be a man monstrous: A cuckold, a cuckold.

1647 E. Davies Myst. Gen. Redempt. 31 But of this rara Avis, one Swallow makes no Summer.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xv. 251 But all to Donna Clara The judges daughter yield, shee's Avis rara.]

1707 E. Ward London Terræ-filius No. 2. 3 There may be such a Rara avis as an Honest Woman.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. i. 150 A single Instance..is not sufficient to justify us, while we are writing to thousands who never heard of the Person, nor of any thing like him. Such Raræ Aves should be remitted to the Epitaph-Writer.

1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xlii. 269 ‘By Heaven! you are the most enlightened woman upon earth!’ said the doctor. ‘The rara avis of female wits!’

1825 Mill in Jrnl. Adult Educ. (1929) 4 54 A good doubter may as yet be truly pronounced to be rara avis, etc.

1852 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps (1854) iv. 91 A pretty Irish peasant girl we found the rarest of rara avises.

1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. 854 A good nurse for neurotic patients is a rara avis indeed.

1919 V. Woolf Night & Day xii. 154 ‘But I do read De Quincey.., more than Belloc and Chesterton, anyhow.’ ‘Indeed!’ exclaimed Mrs Cosham... ‘You are, then, a rara avis in your generation.’

1955 Times 23 May 3/3 The harpist is a rara avis among recitalists.

2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Aug. g1 A style-world rara avis as famous for her personal eccentricity as for the clashing colors and vividly exotic prints she has shown on the runway since the 1970s.

b. That which is seldom found, a rarity; an unusual, exceptional, or remarkable occurrence or thing.

ΘΚΠ

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

1651 Faithfull Scout No. 1. 2 Moderation, which may well be intituled the Rara avis of these times.

1692 J. Pechey Coll. Chronical Dis. iii. 39 If any one of these do chance to occur, 'tis rara Avis, and soon flies away.

1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. II. 470 The person who attended us here, would take no Money: Rara Avis, in Italy.

1765 B. Franklin London §9 562 An honest Set of Writers..who always show their Regard to Truth..and..who may be sincerely inclin'd to furnish the World with that rara Avis, a true history.

1849 Daily Sanduskian (Sandusky, Ohio) 18 Oct. 2/1 A book auctioneer..brought out from the bottom of his box a book..which he offered for sale... Immediately an excitement was stirred up—and bids ran high to secure the rara avis.

1884 J. J. Hissey Old-fashioned Journey vii. 99 A perfect day with us is somewhat of a rara avis.

1906 ‘Cut-Cavendish’ Compl. Bridge Player 98 The redouble is the rara avis of the Bridge world.

1942 Burlington Mag. Feb. 50/2 Truly a rara avis among books of memoirs!

2007 Gridskipper (Nexis) 12 Feb. The use of sexy to describe hotel atmospheres..should be verboten. The Front Hotel in Copenhagen is the rara avis that deserves the appellation.

2. literal. A rare (species of) bird.

ΚΠ

1781 J. Goodridge Phœnix 47 There is another story told of this bird,..that this Rara Avis, the Phœnix, once in five or six hundred years,..buildeth its nest.

1837 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 7 344 That once rara avis, the black swan.

1848 Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. 1 137 Sir Edward Parry [obtained] from a native woman..a knowledge of the habitat of the Larus sabini, a species of gull which led to his adding that rara avis to his natural historical collection.

1905 Emu 5 80 A search was made for that rara avis, the Noisy Scrub-Bird.

1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 June 3/3 The angry person, like a Renaissance prince with endless coffers, travels the world in search of the right gem, the most exquisitely tinted snatch of silk,..the feathers of the rara avis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rara avis
释义	rara avisn. Brit. /ˌrɑːrə ˈeɪvɪs/, /ˌrɛːrə ˈeɪvɪs/, /ˌrɑːrə ˈɑːvɪs/, /ˌrɛːrə ˈɑːvɪs/, /ˌrɑːrə ˈavɪs/, /ˌrɛːrə ˈavɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌrɑrə ˈeɪvᵻs/ Inflections: Plural rara avises, (now rare) rarae aves. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rāra avis. Etymology: < classical Latin rāra avis, literally ‘rare bird’ ( Juvenal Satires 6. 165: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ‘a bird rare on the earth and very like a black swan’; compare also Persius Satires 1. 46) < rāra , feminine of rārus rare adj.¹ + avis bird (see aviary n.). Compare French oiseau rare rarity (1636). Compare earlier rare bird n. at rare adj.¹, adv.¹, and n. Compounds 2.Occasionally without article, in imitation of Latin syntax. 1. Cf. rare bird n. at rare adj.¹, adv.¹, and n. Compounds 2. a. A person of a type rarely encountered; an unusual or exceptional person; a paragon. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > rareness > person rare bird1553 rara avis1607 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage sig. A3^v And by that, thou hast beene married but three weekes, tho thou shouldst wed a Cynthia rara avis, thou wouldest be a man monstrous: A cuckold, a cuckold. 1647 E. Davies Myst. Gen. Redempt. 31 But of this rara Avis, one Swallow makes no Summer. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xv. 251 But all to Donna Clara The judges daughter yield, shee's Avis rara.] 1707 E. Ward London Terræ-filius No. 2. 3 There may be such a Rara avis as an Honest Woman. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. i. 150 A single Instance..is not sufficient to justify us, while we are writing to thousands who never heard of the Person, nor of any thing like him. Such Raræ Aves should be remitted to the Epitaph-Writer. View more context for this quotation 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xlii. 269 ‘By Heaven! you are the most enlightened woman upon earth!’ said the doctor. ‘The rara avis of female wits!’ 1825 Mill in Jrnl. Adult Educ. (1929) 4 54 A good doubter may as yet be truly pronounced to be rara avis, etc. 1852 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps (1854) iv. 91 A pretty Irish peasant girl we found the rarest of rara avises. 1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. 854 A good nurse for neurotic patients is a rara avis indeed. 1919 V. Woolf Night & Day xii. 154 ‘But I do read De Quincey.., more than Belloc and Chesterton, anyhow.’ ‘Indeed!’ exclaimed Mrs Cosham... ‘You are, then, a rara avis in your generation.’ 1955 Times 23 May 3/3 The harpist is a rara avis among recitalists. 2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Aug. g1 A style-world rara avis as famous for her personal eccentricity as for the clashing colors and vividly exotic prints she has shown on the runway since the 1970s. b. That which is seldom found, a rarity; an unusual, exceptional, or remarkable occurrence or thing. ΘΚΠ 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 1651 Faithfull Scout No. 1. 2 Moderation, which may well be intituled the Rara avis of these times. 1692 J. Pechey Coll. Chronical Dis. iii. 39 If any one of these do chance to occur, 'tis rara Avis, and soon flies away. 1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. II. 470 The person who attended us here, would take no Money: Rara Avis, in Italy. 1765 B. Franklin London §9 562 An honest Set of Writers..who always show their Regard to Truth..and..who may be sincerely inclin'd to furnish the World with that rara Avis, a true history. 1849 Daily Sanduskian (Sandusky, Ohio) 18 Oct. 2/1 A book auctioneer..brought out from the bottom of his box a book..which he offered for sale... Immediately an excitement was stirred up—and bids ran high to secure the rara avis. 1884 J. J. Hissey Old-fashioned Journey vii. 99 A perfect day with us is somewhat of a rara avis. 1906 ‘Cut-Cavendish’ Compl. Bridge Player 98 The redouble is the rara avis of the Bridge world. 1942 Burlington Mag. Feb. 50/2 Truly a rara avis among books of memoirs! 2007 Gridskipper (Nexis) 12 Feb. The use of sexy to describe hotel atmospheres..should be verboten. The Front Hotel in Copenhagen is the rara avis that deserves the appellation. 2. literal. A rare (species of) bird. ΚΠ 1781 J. Goodridge Phœnix 47 There is another story told of this bird,..that this Rara Avis, the Phœnix, once in five or six hundred years,..buildeth its nest. 1837 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 7 344 That once rara avis, the black swan. 1848 Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. 1 137 Sir Edward Parry [obtained] from a native woman..a knowledge of the habitat of the Larus sabini, a species of gull which led to his adding that rara avis to his natural historical collection. 1905 Emu 5 80 A search was made for that rara avis, the Noisy Scrub-Bird. 1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 June 3/3 The angry person, like a Renaissance prince with endless coffers, travels the world in search of the right gem, the most exquisitely tinted snatch of silk,..the feathers of the rara avis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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