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paucity|ˈpɔːsɪtɪ|
Also 5 paucyte.
[a. F. paucité (14th c. in Godef. Compl.), or ad. L. paucitās, f. paucus few: see -ity.]
1. Smallness of number; fewness; a small number.
c1425Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 35 Whom the grace of God from the forsayid paucyte encresid yn-to .xxxv.to. 1566Form Com. Prayer in Liturg. Serv. Q. Eliz. (Parker Soc.) 534 That they, neither respecting their own weakness and paucity..may by thy power obtain victory. 1709Berkeley Th. Vision §70 The greater paucity of rays arriving at the eye. 1881Jowett Thucyd. I. 235 In danger of having to capitulate owing to..the paucity of its defenders.
2. Smallness of quantity; scantiness.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 230 Smal Feet argue paucity of matter. 1680Boyle Produc. Chem. Princ. ii. 64 It afforded..so little oil, that the paucity seemed strange. 1858Buckle Civiliz. (1873) II. viii. 434 From paucity of evidence, we are unable to measure them with precision. |
