paucityn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈpɔsədi/,

/ˈpɑsədi/

Forms: late Middle English paucete, late Middle English paucite, late Middle English paucyte, 1500s paucitie, 1500s– paucity; also Scottish pre-1700 pawcite.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French paucité; Latin paucitās.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French paucité (2nd half of 13th cent. in Old French; French paucité ) and its etymon (ii) classical Latin paucitās smallness of number, fewness, a small number, in post-classical Latin also smallness of quantity (1363 in Chauliac) < paucus few (see pauci- comb. form) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).

1. Smallness of quantity or size; thinness; the presence of something in only small amounts; scantiness; a small or scant quantity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

littlenessOE

littleheadc1350

paucity?a1425

smallness?1532

slenderness?1542

exiguity1604

fewness1617

lowness1708

slightness1747

exiguousness1888

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 134^v Of grosnez of humours & spiritez comeþ noctiluca..For subtilite, forsoþ, & paucite [?c1425 Paris smallenesse; L. paucitatez (sic)], i. litelnes Alihahar which is to see anyȝt & not on day.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 31 Þat þe paucete or þe litilnes of þe senewe schulde be fulfillid þoruȝ þe quantite of þe ligament.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 148 The retained [religion] must pitch the defence of her truth, in some paucity of choice: seeing the liuinges are shred, which should serue the great number.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 230 Smal Feet argue paucity of matter.

1680 R. Boyle Exper. & Notes Prodvcibleness Chymicall Princ. ii. 64 in Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) It afforded..so little oil, that the paucity seemed strange.

1734 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 14 A Paucity of Animal Spirits in Short-neck'd People, who by this Make are liable to Apoplexies, Palsies, [etc.].

1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus i. i. 5 The but, at which they shoot their shafts of wit; Whose paucity of sense..hath deservedly Got him the name of Brutus.

1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 434 From paucity of evidence, we are unable to measure them with precision.

1866 E. Yates Land at Last I. vii. 134 You've got a paucity of nob-thatch, and what 'air you 'ave is..gray.

1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xvi. 209 I am deeply pained, Mr. Philander, that you should have evinced such a paucity of manly courage in the presence of one of the lower orders.

1934 Scrutiny 3 iii. 230 It is a matter of common observation that a high degree of artistic discrimination can go along with an extreme paucity or imbalance of general emotional life.

1969 Jrnl. Pediatrics 74 972/1 Patients with generalized lipodystrophy, in addition to the over-all paucity of adipose tissue, have other features which commonly include [etc.].

2000 Guardian 7 Apr. i. 28/4 A year ago there was a paucity of bandwidth available for small and large businesses wanting to gain a toehold in the new ‘webcentric’ economy.

2. Smallness of number; fewness; a small number.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun]

fewnesseOE

paucityc1425

thinnessc1440

exility1528

smallness1544

rareness1562

infrequency1600

exiguity1604

uninfiniteness1656

scarceness1672

exiguousness1727

spareness1822

sparseness1833

sparsity1865

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 35 Oure brethrene..the grace of God from the forsayid paucyte encresid yn-to xxxvto.

1566 Fourme Common Prayer for Countreys nowe Invaded sig. Ciii That they, neyther respectynge theyr owne weakenes and paucitie..maye by thy power obteyne victorie.

1632 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) iii. 87 Spoken perhaps in regard of the paucity of her children.

1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World I. viii. 145 'Twou'd make one amaz'd now to consider the multitude of Women, and the Paucity of honest Women.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §70. 77 The greater Paucity of Rays arriving at the Eye.

1755 S. Johnson Hist. Eng. Lang. in Dict. Eng. Lang. sig. F2/1 Some innovations he might probably make..which the paucity of books does allow us to discover with particular exactness.

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. ii. iii. 478 If, therefore, there be a remarkable paucity of ideas, a diversity of words will not answer the purpose.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. vii. 308 There was no paucity of silver dishes.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 235 In danger of having to capitulate owing to..the paucity of its defenders.

1923 A. Bennett Riceyman Steps v. xi. 300 The paucity of his possessions did not trouble her.

1993 Newsweek 11 Jan. 29/1 The paucity of enemy prisoners taken by our troops was due in part to the Japanese creed of fighting to the last breath.

2000 Guardian 1 Sept. i. 19/3 There are three main reasons for the paucity of mammal species on these islands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paucity
释义	paucityn. Brit. /ˈpɔːsᵻti/, U.S. /ˈpɔsədi/, /ˈpɑsədi/ Forms: late Middle English paucete, late Middle English paucite, late Middle English paucyte, 1500s paucitie, 1500s– paucity; also Scottish pre-1700 pawcite. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French paucité; Latin paucitās. Etymology: < (i) Middle French paucité (2nd half of 13th cent. in Old French; French paucité ) and its etymon (ii) classical Latin paucitās smallness of number, fewness, a small number, in post-classical Latin also smallness of quantity (1363 in Chauliac) < paucus few (see pauci- comb. form) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). 1. Smallness of quantity or size; thinness; the presence of something in only small amounts; scantiness; a small or scant quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] littlenessOE littleheadc1350 paucity?a1425 smallness?1532 slenderness?1542 exiguity1604 fewness1617 lowness1708 slightness1747 exiguousness1888 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 134^v Of grosnez of humours & spiritez comeþ noctiluca..For subtilite, forsoþ, & paucite [?c1425 Paris smallenesse; L. paucitatez (sic)], i. litelnes Alihahar which is to see anyȝt & not on day. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 31 Þat þe paucete or þe litilnes of þe senewe schulde be fulfillid þoruȝ þe quantite of þe ligament. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 148 The retained [religion] must pitch the defence of her truth, in some paucity of choice: seeing the liuinges are shred, which should serue the great number. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 230 Smal Feet argue paucity of matter. 1680 R. Boyle Exper. & Notes Prodvcibleness Chymicall Princ. ii. 64 in Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) It afforded..so little oil, that the paucity seemed strange. 1734 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 14 A Paucity of Animal Spirits in Short-neck'd People, who by this Make are liable to Apoplexies, Palsies, [etc.]. 1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus i. i. 5 The but, at which they shoot their shafts of wit; Whose paucity of sense..hath deservedly Got him the name of Brutus. 1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 434 From paucity of evidence, we are unable to measure them with precision. 1866 E. Yates Land at Last I. vii. 134 You've got a paucity of nob-thatch, and what 'air you 'ave is..gray. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xvi. 209 I am deeply pained, Mr. Philander, that you should have evinced such a paucity of manly courage in the presence of one of the lower orders. 1934 Scrutiny 3 iii. 230 It is a matter of common observation that a high degree of artistic discrimination can go along with an extreme paucity or imbalance of general emotional life. 1969 Jrnl. Pediatrics 74 972/1 Patients with generalized lipodystrophy, in addition to the over-all paucity of adipose tissue, have other features which commonly include [etc.]. 2000 Guardian 7 Apr. i. 28/4 A year ago there was a paucity of bandwidth available for small and large businesses wanting to gain a toehold in the new ‘webcentric’ economy. 2. Smallness of number; fewness; a small number. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] fewnesseOE paucityc1425 thinnessc1440 exility1528 smallness1544 rareness1562 infrequency1600 exiguity1604 uninfiniteness1656 scarceness1672 exiguousness1727 spareness1822 sparseness1833 sparsity1865 c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 35 Oure brethrene..the grace of God from the forsayid paucyte encresid yn-to xxxvto. 1566 Fourme Common Prayer for Countreys nowe Invaded sig. Ciii That they, neyther respectynge theyr owne weakenes and paucitie..maye by thy power obteyne victorie. 1632 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) iii. 87 Spoken perhaps in regard of the paucity of her children. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World I. viii. 145 'Twou'd make one amaz'd now to consider the multitude of Women, and the Paucity of honest Women. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §70. 77 The greater Paucity of Rays arriving at the Eye. 1755 S. Johnson Hist. Eng. Lang. in Dict. Eng. Lang. sig. F2/1 Some innovations he might probably make..which the paucity of books does allow us to discover with particular exactness. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. ii. iii. 478 If, therefore, there be a remarkable paucity of ideas, a diversity of words will not answer the purpose. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. vii. 308 There was no paucity of silver dishes. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 235 In danger of having to capitulate owing to..the paucity of its defenders. 1923 A. Bennett Riceyman Steps v. xi. 300 The paucity of his possessions did not trouble her. 1993 Newsweek 11 Jan. 29/1 The paucity of enemy prisoners taken by our troops was due in part to the Japanese creed of fighting to the last breath. 2000 Guardian 1 Sept. i. 19/3 There are three main reasons for the paucity of mammal species on these islands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
随便看	antimoniuret antimoniuretted antimoniuretted hydrogen antimonous antimony antimony blende antimony bloom antimony glance antimony ochre antimony ores antimony oxide antimony pentoxide antimony sulphide antimony vermilion antimonyan antimoral antimoralism antimoralist antimormon antimosaic antimosaical antimoses antimosquito antimotorist antimusic