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pau·ci·ty

[paw-si-tee]
noun
1.
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
2.
smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English paucite < Latin paucitās fewness, derivative of paucus few; see -ity
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paucity (ˈpɔːsɪtɪ)
 
n
1.  smallness of quantity; insufficiency; dearth
2.  smallness of number; fewness
 
[C15: from Latin paucitās scarcity, from paucus few]

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Main Entry:  paucity
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  an insufficiency; dearth
Etymology:  Latin paucus 'little'
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Word Origin & History

paucity
c.1425, from O.Fr. paucité (14c.), from L. paucitatem (nom. paucitas) "fewness, scarcity," from paucus "few, little," from PIE base *pau- "few, little" (cf. L. paullus "little," parvus "little, small," pauper "poor;" O.E. feawe "few," fola "young horse;" O.N. fylja "young female horse").
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