scarcenessn.

/ˈskɛːsnɪs/

Forms: see scarce adj.; also α. 1500s charsnes, Scottish scaircenes, 1600s Scottish scairsenesse; β. 1500s skasenes; γ. Middle English skarnes, scarnes, 1500s–1600s scarnesse.

Etymology: < scarce adj. + -ness suffix. The γ forms are not easy to account for, but they occur so frequently that it is difficult to regard them as due to misprints or scribal errors.

Now rare.

†1. Niggardliness, stinginess. Of soil: infertility. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun]

fastship?c1225

scarcenessa1300

scarcity1340

niggardyc1390

nithingheada1400

scarcehead1420

nigonryc1430

niggardship?a1439

pinching1440

straitheadc1450

straitnessc1460

niggard cheap1463

niggardnessc1487

nigonshipa1500

niggardise1502

niggishness1519

niggardliness1556

parsimony1561

illiberality1581

nearness1584

tenacity1586

Euclionism1599

paring1607

servilitya1610

niggeralitya1612

scanting1625

scant-handednessa1627

closefistedness1631

niggardess1632

close-handedness1646

strait-handedness1649

penury1651

unbountifulness1660

parsimoniousness1671

penuriousness1672

stinginess1682

closeness1712

illiberalness1727

meanness1755

cheeseparing1834

scrimping1835

churlishness1846

screwing1848

skinflintism1853

screwiness1856

flint-paring1860

skinflintiness1861

scrimp1864

flint-skinning1873

penny-pinching1895

skimping1898

tight-fistedness1975

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > infertility

barrennessa1425

sterility1426

poorness1577

infertility1610

leanness1612

scarceness1678

unproductiveness1777

rammel1795

unproductivity1872

unfertility1888

a1300 Cursor Mundi 28628 Gain pride þat orisun mai rise, And fast gain flesli couetis, Almus gain scarsnes wit-stand.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 286 And thus be cause of my scarsnesse Ye mai wel understonde and lieve That I schal noght the worse achieve The pourpos which is in my thoght.

1482 Monk of Evesham l. 100 Y knowe not onethe any prelate in thys dayes, that vsyd so grete scarsnes to her kynnys folke as sche me semyd dydde to her cosynis.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxviii Theyr scarsnes nowe is tournyd to couetyse.

1678 J. Dryden All for Love i. 3 Ægypt is doom'd to be A Roman Province; and our plenteous Harvests Must then redeem the scarceness of their Soil.

†2.

a. Of diet: Scantiness, meagreness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > diet > [noun] > scantiness of diet

scarcenessc1380

scarcity1398

suppage1597

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 316 & so scarsnesse of heere foode tellith to men þat þei ben hooly.

1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (E.E.T.S.) 97 What schuld we speke of his diete, with what scarsnesse of mete & drynk he was fed?

b. Of persons: Abstemiousness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun] > simple life > abstemiousness

scarceness1526

sparingness1579

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Niiii^v Wede them out by abstinence, chastite, hardnesse in wearyng, skarsnes in fedyng.

a. Deficient supply, scarcity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything

littleOE

dear cheapc1325

dearth1340

scanta1350

scantityc1386

scarcenessa1387

scarcitya1400

chertea1420

penury?a1425

poverty?1440

penuritya1500

geason1509

carity1530

scantness1543

famishment1569

fewty1596

famine1611

stint1651

grutch1815

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 251 Neuerþeles in Hannibals tyme þey were i-constreyned for to goo out of skarsnesse of knyȝtes.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (1893) ii. Contents 39 Of skarsenes of louers of the crosse of crist.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. qq.iii For in so grete charsnes [1555 skaresnes] of ryghtwyse people, tyme is to shewe mercy vpon it.

1526 Grete Herball xci. sig. Fij/1 Agaynst cough and scarcenesse of breth caused of colde take [etc.].

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eiij Yet hath it wheat and fleshe: but greate scarcenesse of wood.

1651 Reg. Commission Great Assemb. 3 Jan. (S.H.S.) III. 176 It shall be a shame for any in this land..becaus of the scairsenesse of men, to make use of such.

1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 30 Nor, need you fear this scarceness of money.

β. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 32 Ther schal also sprynge therof grete penury & scasenes of al thyngys necessary for mannys lyfe.γ. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 109 Þat is, as þe Glose seiþ, þat I falle not in to forgeyting of euer lasting, for nede, or scarnes of passing þingis.1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. iii. 29 And in the house of Ioab there ceasse not one to haue a renninge yssue..and to haue scarnesse of bred.

†b. absol. Scarcity of food or provisions. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine

hungerc1000

dear1297

deartha1325

fault1340

famine1362

barrennessa1425

affaminea1450

enfaminea1450

wantc1450

scarceness1481

Lang Reeda1525

famishment1526

cleanness of teeth1560

breadlessness1860

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xciii. 144 And was grete suffrete and scarsenes in thoost.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 266/1 Scarsnesse or hungre, famine.

1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 4 By reason whereof a great scarsenes and derthe doeth insue to the kinges subiectes.

1538 J. Bale Tragedye Promyses God (1744) v. 26 A scarsenesse vii. years, or else iii. monthes exyle.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 17^v They are contente with soo lyttle, that in soo large a countrey, they haue rather superfluitie then scarsenes.

†4. Want, poverty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]

waedlec888

wanspeedc893

wanea1100

wandrethc1175

miseasea1200

povertya1225

lowness?c1225

needc1225

orcostc1225

poorness?a1300

unwealtha1300

defaultc1300

porailc1325

straitnessa1340

poorhead1340

mischiefa1375

miseasetya1382

needinessa1382

misterc1385

indigencec1386

scarcitya1387

noughtc1400

scantnessc1400

necessity?1406

penurya1425

povertnessa1434

exilitya1439

wantc1450

scarcenessc1475

needinga1500

povertiesa1500

penurity?a1505

poortith?a1513

debility1525

tenuity1535

leanness1550

lack1555

Needham1577

inopy1581

pinching1587

dispurveyance1590

egency1600

macritude1623

penuriousness1630

indigency1631

needihood1648

necessitousness1650

egestuosity1656

straitened circumstancesa1766

unopulence1796

Queer Street1811

lowliness1834

breadlessness1860

unwealthiness1886

out-of-elbowness1890

secondary poverty1901

Short Street1920

α.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxvii. 6 He is the God y^t..bryngeth y^e presoners out of captiuite in due season, but letteth y^e rennagates continue in scarcenesse [So 1611].

1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline ii. 162 [He] pittied in his heart the scarsenesse or pouertie of an expert man of warre.

β. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. f i They flye diligently all excesse, Livynge in poverte and scasnes, With smale dryncke and browne breade.γ. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 26 For wan þei prey for plentey, and pees,..he wil send hem skarnes & noiȝes.c1650 Earl of Westm. 178 in Percy's MS. Ball. & Rom. (1867) I. 308 For thé haue knowen me in wele and woe, in neede, scarnesse & pouertye.

5. Uncommonness, rarity.

ΘΚΠ

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

fewnesseOE

paucityc1425

thinnessc1440

exility1528

smallness1544

rareness1562

infrequency1600

exiguity1604

uninfiniteness1656

scarceness1672

exiguousness1727

spareness1822

sparseness1833

sparsity1865

1672 R. Boyle Ess. Origine & Virtues Gems ii. 113 The Rarity of transparent Gems,..and the great Value, which their Scarceness and mens Folly sets upon them.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §22 The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 66 I have already spoken of the scarceness of Castles in England before the Norman Conquest.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	scarceness
释义	scarcenessn. /ˈskɛːsnɪs/ Forms: see scarce adj.; also α. 1500s charsnes, Scottish scaircenes, 1600s Scottish scairsenesse; β. 1500s skasenes; γ. Middle English skarnes, scarnes, 1500s–1600s scarnesse. Etymology: < scarce adj. + -ness suffix. The γ forms are not easy to account for, but they occur so frequently that it is difficult to regard them as due to misprints or scribal errors. Now rare. †1. Niggardliness, stinginess. Of soil: infertility. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] fastship?c1225 scarcenessa1300 scarcity1340 niggardyc1390 nithingheada1400 scarcehead1420 nigonryc1430 niggardship?a1439 pinching1440 straitheadc1450 straitnessc1460 niggard cheap1463 niggardnessc1487 nigonshipa1500 niggardise1502 niggishness1519 niggardliness1556 parsimony1561 illiberality1581 nearness1584 tenacity1586 Euclionism1599 paring1607 servilitya1610 niggeralitya1612 scanting1625 scant-handednessa1627 closefistedness1631 niggardess1632 close-handedness1646 strait-handedness1649 penury1651 unbountifulness1660 parsimoniousness1671 penuriousness1672 stinginess1682 closeness1712 illiberalness1727 meanness1755 cheeseparing1834 scrimping1835 churlishness1846 screwing1848 skinflintism1853 screwiness1856 flint-paring1860 skinflintiness1861 scrimp1864 flint-skinning1873 penny-pinching1895 skimping1898 tight-fistedness1975 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > infertility barrennessa1425 sterility1426 poorness1577 infertility1610 leanness1612 scarceness1678 unproductiveness1777 rammel1795 unproductivity1872 unfertility1888 a1300 Cursor Mundi 28628 Gain pride þat orisun mai rise, And fast gain flesli couetis, Almus gain scarsnes wit-stand. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 286 And thus be cause of my scarsnesse Ye mai wel understonde and lieve That I schal noght the worse achieve The pourpos which is in my thoght. 1482 Monk of Evesham l. 100 Y knowe not onethe any prelate in thys dayes, that vsyd so grete scarsnes to her kynnys folke as sche me semyd dydde to her cosynis. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxviii Theyr scarsnes nowe is tournyd to couetyse. 1678 J. Dryden All for Love i. 3 Ægypt is doom'd to be A Roman Province; and our plenteous Harvests Must then redeem the scarceness of their Soil. †2. a. Of diet: Scantiness, meagreness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > diet > [noun] > scantiness of diet scarcenessc1380 scarcity1398 suppage1597 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 316 & so scarsnesse of heere foode tellith to men þat þei ben hooly. 1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (E.E.T.S.) 97 What schuld we speke of his diete, with what scarsnesse of mete & drynk he was fed? b. Of persons: Abstemiousness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun] > simple life > abstemiousness scarceness1526 sparingness1579 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Niiii^v Wede them out by abstinence, chastite, hardnesse in wearyng, skarsnes in fedyng. 3. a. Deficient supply, scarcity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything littleOE dear cheapc1325 dearth1340 scanta1350 scantityc1386 scarcenessa1387 scarcitya1400 chertea1420 penury?a1425 poverty?1440 penuritya1500 geason1509 carity1530 scantness1543 famishment1569 fewty1596 famine1611 stint1651 grutch1815 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 251 Neuerþeles in Hannibals tyme þey were i-constreyned for to goo out of skarsnesse of knyȝtes. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (1893) ii. Contents 39 Of skarsenes of louers of the crosse of crist. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. qq.iii For in so grete charsnes [1555 skaresnes] of ryghtwyse people, tyme is to shewe mercy vpon it. 1526 Grete Herball xci. sig. Fij/1 Agaynst cough and scarcenesse of breth caused of colde take [etc.]. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eiij Yet hath it wheat and fleshe: but greate scarcenesse of wood. 1651 Reg. Commission Great Assemb. 3 Jan. (S.H.S.) III. 176 It shall be a shame for any in this land..becaus of the scairsenesse of men, to make use of such. 1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 30 Nor, need you fear this scarceness of money. β. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 32 Ther schal also sprynge therof grete penury & scasenes of al thyngys necessary for mannys lyfe.γ. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 109 Þat is, as þe Glose seiþ, þat I falle not in to forgeyting of euer lasting, for nede, or scarnes of passing þingis.1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. iii. 29 And in the house of Ioab there ceasse not one to haue a renninge yssue..and to haue scarnesse of bred. †b. absol. Scarcity of food or provisions. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine hungerc1000 dear1297 deartha1325 fault1340 famine1362 barrennessa1425 affaminea1450 enfaminea1450 wantc1450 scarceness1481 Lang Reeda1525 famishment1526 cleanness of teeth1560 breadlessness1860 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xciii. 144 And was grete suffrete and scarsenes in thoost. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 266/1 Scarsnesse or hungre, famine. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 4 By reason whereof a great scarsenes and derthe doeth insue to the kinges subiectes. 1538 J. Bale Tragedye Promyses God (1744) v. 26 A scarsenesse vii. years, or else iii. monthes exyle. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 17^v They are contente with soo lyttle, that in soo large a countrey, they haue rather superfluitie then scarsenes. †4. Want, poverty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 α. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxvii. 6 He is the God y^t..bryngeth y^e presoners out of captiuite in due season, but letteth y^e rennagates continue in scarcenesse [So 1611]. 1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline ii. 162 [He] pittied in his heart the scarsenesse or pouertie of an expert man of warre. β. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. f i They flye diligently all excesse, Livynge in poverte and scasnes, With smale dryncke and browne breade.γ. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 26 For wan þei prey for plentey, and pees,..he wil send hem skarnes & noiȝes.c1650 Earl of Westm. 178 in Percy's MS. Ball. & Rom. (1867) I. 308 For thé haue knowen me in wele and woe, in neede, scarnesse & pouertye. 5. Uncommonness, rarity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] fewnesseOE paucityc1425 thinnessc1440 exility1528 smallness1544 rareness1562 infrequency1600 exiguity1604 uninfiniteness1656 scarceness1672 exiguousness1727 spareness1822 sparseness1833 sparsity1865 1672 R. Boyle Ess. Origine & Virtues Gems ii. 113 The Rarity of transparent Gems,..and the great Value, which their Scarceness and mens Folly sets upon them. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §22 The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 66 I have already spoken of the scarceness of Castles in England before the Norman Conquest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1300
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