raree

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Noun

raree (plural rarees)

  1. raree show

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraːriː/

Etymology 1

Derived from Middle English *rare (“soft-cooked”), from Old English hrēr, hrēre.

Adjective

raree [1]

  1. choice (lightly boiled)
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, pages 96[1]:
      Raree met in plathearès, ee-zet in a rooe,
      There was choice meat in platters, set in a row,

Etymology 2

Derived from Middle English *rare (“neither sooner nor later”), from Old French rier, rere.

Adverb

raree

  1. Neither sooner nor later.
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, lines 5[2]:
      Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,
      Old Father Devereux early came there,

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 64
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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