Paucity
Pronunciation : Pau"ci*ty
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. paucitas, fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucit? See Few.]
Definition : 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. Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood. Sir T. Browne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913