Paucity
[paw-si-tee] /ˈpɔ sɪ ti/
noun
1.
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness:
a country with a paucity of resources.
2.
smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness.
/ˈpɔːsɪtɪ/
noun
1.
smallness of quantity; insufficiency; dearth
2.
smallness of number; fewness
noun
an insufficiency; dearth
Word Origin
Latin paucus ‘little’
n.
late 14c., from Old French paucité (14c.) and directly from Latin paucitatem (nominative paucitas) “fewness, scarcity, a small number,” from paucus “few, little,” from PIE *pau-ko-, from root *pau- (1) “few, little” (cf. Latin paullus “little;” Old English feawe “few;” see few (adj.)).
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