PAUCITY

paucity. Paucity, n. fewness, smallness of number

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Pau″ci‐ty (pa̤″sĭ‐ty̆), n. [[L. paucitas, fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucité See Few.]] 1. 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. 2. Smallness of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood. Sir T. Browne.