paucity

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒs.ɪ.ti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔs.ɪ.ti/, [ˈpɔs.ɪ.ɾi] (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.sɪ.ti/, [ˈpɑ.sɪ.ɾi] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɔs.ɪ.ti/, [ˈpɔs.ɪ.ɾi] === Noun === paucity (countable and uncountable, plural paucities) Fewness in number; too few. A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth. ==== Synonyms ==== (fewness in number): See Thesaurus:fewness (smallness in size or amount): dearth, scantiness, scarcity; see also Thesaurus:lack ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “paucity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “paucity”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “paucity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.