RARING
raring, impatient(p)
(adjective) (usually followed by ‘to’) full of eagerness; “impatient to begin”; “raring to go”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
raring (comparative more raring, superlative most raring)
Eager.
Verb
raring
present participle of rare
Anagrams
• arring
Source: Wiktionary
RARE
Rare, a. Etym: [Cf. Rather, Rath.]
Definition: Early. [Obs.]
Rude mechanicals that rare and late Work in the market place.
Chapman.
Rare, a. [Compar. Rarer; superl. Rarest.] Etym: [Cf. AS. hrer, or E.
rare early.]
Definition: Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone;
as, rare beef or mutton.
New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by a gentle fire, and
roasted rare. Dryden.
Note: This word is in common use in the United States, but in England
its synonym underdone is preferred.
Rare, a. [Compar. Rarer; superl. Rarest.] Etym: [F., fr. L. rarus
thin, rare.]
1. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare
event.
2. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree
seldom found.
Rare work, all filled with terror and delight. Cowley.
Above the rest I judge one beauty rare. Dryden.
3. Thinly scattered; dispersed.
Those rare and solitary, three in flocks. Milton.
4. Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not
thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.
Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence nineteen times
rarer, than gold. Sir I. Newton.
Syn.
– Scarce; infrequent; unusual; uncommon; singular; extraordinary;
incomparable.
– Rare, Scarce. We call a thing rare when but few examples,
specimens, or instances of it are ever to be met with; as, a rare
plant. We speak of a thing as scarce, which, though usually abundant,
is for the time being to be had only in diminished quantities; as, a
bad harvest makes corn scarce.
A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of the rarest things in
the world. Burke.
When any particular piece of money grew very scarce, it was often
recoined by a succeeding emperor. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition