Smallness of quantity
1Smallness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Smallness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 smallness smallness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 littleness littleness &c.(small size) 193 Sgm: N 1 tenuity tenuity Sgm: N 1 paucity paucity Sgm: N 1 fewness f …
2paucity — noun Etymology: Middle English paucite, from Latin paucitat , paucitas, from paucus little more at few Date: 15th century 1. smallness of number ; fewness 2. smallness of quantity ; dearth …
3paucity — /paw si tee/, n. 1. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources. 2. smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness. [1375 1425; late ME paucite < L paucitas fewness, deriv. of paucus few; see ITY] * * * …
4paucity — pau•ci•ty [[t]ˈpɔ sɪ ti[/t]] n. 1) smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness 2) smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME paucite < L paucitās, der. of paucus few; see ity …
5Scarceness — Scarce ness, Scarcity Scar ci*ty, n. The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.… …
6Scarcity — Scarceness Scarce ness, Scarcity Scar ci*ty, n. The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of… …
7few — [OE] Few traces its history back to the Indo European base *pau , denoting smallness of quantity or number, amongst whose other descendants are Latin paucus ‘little’ (source of English paucity [15], French peu ‘few’, and Italian and Spanish poco… …
8paucity — n. 1. Fewness, small number, rarity. 2. Smallness of quantity, poverty, exiguity …
9paucity — /ˈpɔsəti / (say pawsuhtee) noun smallness of quantity; fewness; scantiness: *This paucity of writings by and about lesbians underlies the extent to which they have been made invisible –dennis altman, 1973. {Middle English, from Latin paucitas} …
10few — [OE] Few traces its history back to the Indo European base *pau , denoting smallness of quantity or number, amongst whose other descendants are Latin paucus ‘little’ (source of English paucity [15], French peu ‘few’, and Italian and Spanish poco… …
