SCARCE


Meaning of SCARCE in English

adj. & adv.

--adj.

1. (usu. predic.) (esp. of food, money, etc.) insufficient for the demand; scanty.

2 hard to find; rare.

--adv. archaic or literary scarcely.

Phrases and idioms:

make oneself scarce colloq. keep out of the way; surreptitiously disappear.

Derivatives:

scarceness n.

Etymology: ME f. AF & ONF (e)scars, OF eschars f. L excerpere: see EXCERPT

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.