paucity
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paucity
- /ˈpɒs.ɪ.ti/ UK
- /ˈpɔs.ɪ.ti/ US
- [ˈpɔs.ɪ.ɾi] US
- /ˈpɑ.sɪ.ti/ cot caught merger
- [ˈpɑ.sɪ.ɾi] cot caught merger
- /ˈpɔs.ɪ.ti/ Australia
- [ˈpɔs.ɪ.ɾi] Australia
Where it comes from
From Middle English paucete, paucite, paucyte, partly from Middle French paucité and partly from its etymon, Latin paucitās (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”), from paucus (“few, little”). Related to few.
noun paucities
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Fewness in number; too few.
But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves.
Similar: fewness
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A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.
Similar: dearth
Similar: scantiness, scarcity
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noun
Similar: scantiness, scarcity
Translations
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noun fewness in number; a small number
| Español | penuria, escasez, paucidad, poquedad, carencia, carestía |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 少量 shǎoliàng |
| हिन्दी | अल्पता alpatā, दुर्लभता durlabhtā |
| Kiswahili | uchache, uhaba |
| Português | penúria |
| Français | paucité |
| Deutsch | Mangel |
| Ελληνικά | ελαχιστότητα elachistótita, σπανιότητα spaniótita |
| Русский | недоста́точность nedostátočnostʹ, нехва́тка nexvátka, малочи́сленность maločíslennostʹ |
noun smallness in size or amount
| Deutsch | Knappheit |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | έλλειψη élleipsi |
| Русский | ску́дность skúdnostʹ |
Talk about this word "paucity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paucity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. paucity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paucity "paucity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paucity.Cite this
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title = {paucity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paucity},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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