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pau⋅ci⋅ty

  [paw-si-tee]
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–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 ME paucite < L paucitās fewness, deriv. of paucus few; see -ity
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pau·ci·ty   (pô'sĭ-tē)   
n.  

  1. Smallness of number; fewness.

  2. Scarcity; dearth: a paucity of natural resources.


[Middle English paucite, from Old French, from Latin paucitās, from paucus, few; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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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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