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rarefied

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

rarefied

adj

Definition of RAREFIED

1
: being less dense
2
: of, relating to, or interesting to a select group : esoteric
3
: very high

Variants of RAREFIED

rarefied also rarified

Examples of RAREFIED

  1. It's difficult to breathe in the rarefied air near the mountain's peak.

First Known Use of RAREFIED

14th century

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