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arête

noun
\ ə-ˈrāt How to pronounce arête (audio) \

Definition of arête

: a sharp-crested ridge in rugged mountains

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 Teaching their students rhetoric and philosophy, Sophists infused the traditional values of arete with a new spirit of intellectual inquiry. — Raquel López, National Geographic, "Did sons and daughters get the same education in ancient Greece?," 28 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of arête

1838, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for arête

French, literally, fish bone, from Late Latin arista, from Latin, beard of grain

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