Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAU'CI-TY
PAU'CI-TY, n. [L. paucitas, from paucus, few.]
- Fewness; smallness of number; as, the paucity of schools. – Hooker.
- Smallness of quantity; as, paucity of blood. – Brown.
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