Old and Rare

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Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

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Rare and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rare" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Rare adjective - Being out of the ordinary.

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Old and rare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Rare".

Nearby Words: rarity, rarely, rareness

Dizzy is a rare inversion: She has the figure of a 20-year-old, but she's only three.

Source: Really Seven Hundred Years Old / Video Games
To elaborate, there is a rare drop in the Icecrown Citadel instances that starts a long quest chain to reforge an old weapon given to the High Elves by the dragons.

Source: Screw You, Elves!
It is rare to find anyone called Aaron that pronounces their first name in this old fashioned way anymore, instead being pronounced like "Ah-ron".

Source: It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY

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