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mare | seldom |

As a noun mare

is an adult female horse.

As an adverb seldom is

infrequently, rarely.

As an adjective seldom is

rare; infrequent.

mare

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mare, mere, from (etyl) mere, . Alternative etymology cites derivation via (etyl) mere, miere'', from (etyl) ), from (etyl) ''markos'' (compare (etyl) march), from Iranian ''marikas'' (compare Old Persian ''marikas'' 'male, manly'), from ''maryas'' (compare Avestan ''mairya'' 'man; male animal'); akin to Sanskrit ''máryas 'young man; stallion'. More at marry.

Noun

(en noun)
  • An adult female horse.
  • *
  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
  • A foolish woman.
  • *2007 , Hester Browne, Little Lady, Big Apple
  • *:The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?
  • Antonyms
    * stallion and gelding refer to adult male horses (a colt refers to an immature one)
    Coordinate terms
    * (adult female horse) foal and filly refer to younger horses, pony can refer to adult horses of either gender under a certain height.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mare, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) A type of evil spirit thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep; a nightmare.
  • (UK, colloquial) (Shortening of (nightmare)) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
  • I'm having a complete mare today.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (maria)
  • (planetology) A dark, large circular plain; a “sea”.
  • (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
  • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    seldom

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Infrequently, rarely.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.}}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}

    Usage notes

    It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never. * Compare He seldom ever plays tennis.'' with ''He almost never plays tennis.

    Synonyms

    * barely * hardly * rarely * scarcely * infrequently

    Antonyms

    * often * frequently

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) rare; infrequent
  • A suppressed and seldom anger. — Jeremy Taylor.