rarishadj.
/ˈrɛːrɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈrɛrɪʃ/ Somewhat rare.
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seld1398
seldom1483
rare1565
secular1599
unfrequent1611
straggling1618
infrequent1622
unobvious1643
far-between1743
rarish1772
unwonted1785
sporadic1842
low frequency1946
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > rare > somewhat
rarish1772
1772 S. Whyte Shamrock 342 Here lies Tom Rogers; and, 'tis something rarish, He was born, and bred, and hang'd, all in this Parish.
1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 109/1 It was rather a rarish bird.
1844 M. F. Tupper Heart iv. 35 These instances are rarish too.
1948 R. Gathorne-Hardy Wild Flowers in Brit. (ed. 3) xiv. 96 I saw the rarish white form of the common Lousewort, and little forests of the Arctic Birch.
1959 N. Marsh False Scent (1960) i. 19 It's rare-ish. The frame's contemporary. I'm afraid it's twelve guineas.
1994 Guardian 27 Aug. 26/7 There was a shout, rarish in television, ‘My God, there's a fer de lance on the set!’
2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Apr. e37 Peter L. Schaffer..said Faberge miniature furniture was ‘rarish but not that rare’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1772