Word of the Day 9.3.08
pau·ci·ty (pô
s
-t
)
n.
1. Smallness of number; fewness.
2. Scarcity; dearth: a paucity of natural resources.
[Middle English paucite, from Old French, from Latin paucit
s, from paucus, few; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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