Synonyms of paucity
paucity
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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | paucity |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | an insufficiency; dearth |
| Etymology: | Latin paucus 'little' |
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pau·ci·ty 
[paw-si-tee] Pronunciation Key
[paw-si-tee] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources. |
| 2. | smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| pau·ci·ty
(pô'sĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English paucite, from Old French, from Latin paucitās, from paucus, few; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Paucity
Pau"ci*ty\, n. [L. paucitas, fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucit['e] See Few.]1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity. --Hooker. Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity, and the incompleteness, of its communications. --I. Taylor. 2. Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood. --Sir T. Browne.
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