scantinessn.

/ˈskantɪnɪs/

Etymology: < scanty adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or fact of being scanty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness

scantnessc1386

parcity1509

tenuity1535

scantiness1567

bareness1580

barrenness1587

exiguity1604

leanness1612

meagreness1622

thinness1623

jejuneness1626

macilencya1631

narrowness1647

straitnessa1704

flimsinessa1763

threadbareness1771

poorness1782

skimpiness1879

threadbarity1892

1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 571 Considdering that victualis ar cariit furth of this realme be marchantis and utheris..to the greit incres of derth and skantines.

a1695 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. III (1696) 335 Such is the Scantiness of Sensual Goods, that we not being able to content our selves with any one of them, are fain to walk the Rounds in a constant Succession and Circle of Varieties.

1745 Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 71 The..frugal Way of Life to which the Scantiness of their Pay obliges those Military Gentlemen to live.

1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. ii. x. 179 The too frequent use of such words tends to breed a suspicion, that one labours under a scantiness of ideas.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) i. 5 Miss Tox's dress..had a certain character of angularity and scantiness.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. x. 253 The scantiness of manuscript authority under which the text..labours.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	scantiness
释义	scantinessn. /ˈskantɪnɪs/ Etymology: < scanty adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or fact of being scanty. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness scantnessc1386 parcity1509 tenuity1535 scantiness1567 bareness1580 barrenness1587 exiguity1604 leanness1612 meagreness1622 thinness1623 jejuneness1626 macilencya1631 narrowness1647 straitnessa1704 flimsinessa1763 threadbareness1771 poorness1782 skimpiness1879 threadbarity1892 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 571 Considdering that victualis ar cariit furth of this realme be marchantis and utheris..to the greit incres of derth and skantines. a1695 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. III (1696) 335 Such is the Scantiness of Sensual Goods, that we not being able to content our selves with any one of them, are fain to walk the Rounds in a constant Succession and Circle of Varieties. 1745 Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 71 The..frugal Way of Life to which the Scantiness of their Pay obliges those Military Gentlemen to live. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. ii. x. 179 The too frequent use of such words tends to breed a suspicion, that one labours under a scantiness of ideas. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) i. 5 Miss Tox's dress..had a certain character of angularity and scantiness. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. x. 253 The scantiness of manuscript authority under which the text..labours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1567
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