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1600–10; < Latin rāra avis rare bird
1600–10; < Latin rāra avis rare bird
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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rara avis
1607, "peculiar person," from L. (Juvenal, Persius), lit. "strange bird," from rara, fem. of rarus "rare" + avis "bird." Latin pl. is raræ aves.
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