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paucity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paucity n : an insufficient quantity or number [syn: {dearth}]
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