rarebit

[rair-bit] Origin

rare·bit

[rair-bit]

Origin:
1715–25

rabbet, rabbit, rarebit, rebate.
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Rarebit is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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rarebit (ˈrɛəbɪt)
 
n
another term for Welsh rabbit
 
[C18: by folk etymology from (Welsh) rabbit; see rare², bit1]

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rarebit
1785, perversion of (Welsh) rabbit, as if from rare + bit. See Welsh.
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