ˈpȯsəd.ē, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English paucite, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French paucité, from Latin paucitat-, paucitas, from paucus little + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at few
1. : a small number : fewness
the chorus suffered slightly from a paucity of male voices — Douglas Watt
make up in quality for their paucity of numbers — R.B.Morris
2. : smallness of quantity : dearth , insufficiency , scarcity
the simplicity that never was paucity — C.D.Lewis
the paucity of help accorded to me — Rudyard Kipling
a language now almost unknown because of the extreme paucity of its remains — G.B.Saul