scarcityn.

/ˈskɛːsɪti/

Forms: Middle English scarsete(e, skarsete, skarcete, scharsete, ( scarestee), Middle English scarcete, scarcetie, 1500s scarsety, scarcety, Scottish skaircetie, 1600s skarsety; Middle English scarste(e, Middle English skarste; Middle English–1500s scarsitee, Middle English scarcitee, scarsite, skarsytee, Middle English skersytye, scarcyte, scarsytie, Middle English–1500s scarcite, scarscitie, scarssite, 1500s skarsyte, skarsitie, skarcitie, scacity, 1500s–1600s scarcitie, Middle English–1600s scarsitie, 1500s– scarcity.

Etymology: < Old Northern French escarceté, Central Old French escharseté , < esc(h)ars : see scarce adj. and -ity suffix.

The quality, condition, or fact of being scarce.

†1. Frugality, parsimony; niggardliness, stinginess, meanness. 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

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 871 For almus-dede do ȝe non as ȝe demen alle, But skarsete & skaþe vn-skilfully fonden.

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋634 For right as men blamen an Auaricious man by cause of his scarsetee and chyngerie, In the same wise [etc.].

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii Thow dyest for honger by cause that thy mayster gyueth the no mete by his grete scarcyte.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fv Althoughe I dispraysed nygarshippe & vicious scarcitie.

a. Insufficiency of supply; smallness of available quantity, number, or amount, in proportion to the need or demand.

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

a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 54795 Wexe to bygge in þis Cite, Of whiche hij hadden scarsete.

c1450 Brut 436 And tho was..grete scarste of corne and of othir vitaill.

1571 Act 13 Eliz. c. 14 §1 The excessive pryce of Bowe Staves w^ch groweth principally by the Scarcitie of Bowe Staves brought into this Realme.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 26 Of leade and tinne is the most scarsity in forraine dominions, and plenty with vs.

1651 Reg. Commission Grt. Assemb. 5 Jan. (S.H.S.) III. 189 The scarsitie of ministers in Cathness and Orkney.

1760 S. Johnson Idler 5 Apr. 105 Value is more frequently raised by Scarcity than by Use. That which lay neglected when it was common, rises in Estimation as its Quantity becomes less.

1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics v. 80 Now tell me..whether you think it a good thing or not that there should be a scarcity of wine?

1881 W. Newton Serm. for Boys & Girls (ed. 2) 108 There was one year a great scarcity of rain.

b. attributive: scarcity value n. an enhanced value due to scarcity. So scarcity price, scarcity rent, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > increase in value > increased value due to scarcity

scarcity value1848

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. iii. iv. §6 552 Things which cannot be increased ad libitum in quantity, and which therefore, if the demand goes beyond a certain amount, command a scarcity value.

1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. iii. i. 90 Here is a high degree of value..where yet no labor has been... This is an instance of what may be called ‘monopoly-value’, or as some prefer to call it, scarcity-value.

1904 Daily Chron. 8 Oct. 3/3 The taxability of scarcity rents and profits.

1920 Times 5 June 15/3 Profits made on selling commodities at scarcity prices since then would escape the levy.

1936 J. M. Keynes Gen. Theory Employment xxiv. 377 Our aim of depriving capital of its scarcity-value.

1972 ‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea (1973) x. 162 She was a blonde. They have a great time in the Orient, scarcity value.

c. Comparative fewness, small number (of something not desirable). rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

rarenessa1530

rarity1542

scarcity1663

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 93 The Hollanders..Vant of their scarcity of theeves..but attribute the same scarcity to that defence they..make against Theeves.

3. absol. Insufficiency of supply, in a community, of the necessaries of life, dearth. Also an instance of this, a period of scarcity, a dearth.

ΘΚΠ

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

deartha1325

scarcityc1450

evil wone1570

benting (benneting) time1670

stint1820

c1450 Brut ccxxiv. 292 Þer folwyd in Engelond good chepe, and wonder grete plente of chaffaree, vitaile and marchaundice, and þere aȝens, honger, scrafte [? read scarste], mischif, and nede of money.

1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 71 After such a famine there followed a Scarsitie in South Wales.

1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. iv. 281 All hands are at work..to store them [sc. apartments] all with provision against the ensuing time of scarcity.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 220 That unfortunate city gradually experienced the distress of scarcity, and at length the horrid calamities of famine.

1801 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 23 It is short allowance alone that can then prevent a scarcity from ending in absolute famine.

1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) iii. v. 399 These general reasonings have been strikingly confirmed during the late scarcities.

1908 Q. Rev. July 224 Lesser visitations of scarcity have occurred in various provinces.

†4. Scantiness (of diet). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

scarcenessc1380

scarcity1398

suppage1597

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. xx. 207 In scarsetee of dyetes seke men fayllen moost.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDii Scarcyte in meate, and the bely alway somwhat hungry, is..praysed.

†5. Deficiency, shortcoming. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage

wanec888

trokingc1175

want?c1225

defaultc1300

trokea1325

fault1340

lacking1377

scarcityc1380

wantingc1390

absencea1398

bresta1400

defect?a1425

lack?c1425

defailing1502

mank?a1513

inlaik1562

defection1576

inlaiking1595

vacuity1601

deficience1605

lossa1616

failancea1627

deficiency1634

shortness1669

falling shorta1680

miss1689

wantage1756

shortage1868

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 364 In full euydence and open tooknynge þat god takiþ þis ordenance in his chirche as full sufficient, and in no wise fawtye in scarste or excesse þer-of.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 168 Preying þe reder, wher any word myssit, Causyng þe metre to be halte or lame, For to correcte, to saue me fro blame: Late hym nat wayte after coryouste, Syth þat in ryme ynglysch hath skarsete [v.r. skersytye].

c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 80 And ekke to me it is right gret penaunce Sith ryme in englisshe haþe suche skarsytee [v.rr. scarstee, scarestee, etc.] To folowen word by word þe curyosytee Of Graunsone flour of hem þat make in ffraunce.

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 872 Set in A meene of prudent governaunce, That ther be nouthir skarsete nor excesse, But a ryght Rewle of Attemperaunce.

†6. The condition of being slenderly or inadequately provided (const. of). Also absol., straitened condition with regard to means of living or comfort; penury, hardship. 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

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 465 Þerfore it is good to lyve in good rule and in plente, and nouȝt in streiȝtnesse, scarsite, and meschief [Caxton, in strayte skarste and meschyef].

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. g iii^v Soche poverte is plente, For by it avoydynge scacite, All welthynes they have.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 145 This king commandet to bring vpe the ȝouth w^t al hardnes and skaircetie.

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. E. van Meteren in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 599 Gunne-powder, whereof they were in great skarcitie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 221 When he was poore, Imprison'd, and in scarsitie of Friends, I cleer'd him with fiue Talents.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 116 Scarcity and want shall shun you, Ceres blessing so is on you.

7. The mangel-wurzel. Also scarcity plant, scarcity root. See also root of scarcity n. at root n.¹ 1b.For the origin of the name see mangel-wurzel n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > beet > beet plants

sea-beet1713

scarcity1787

leaf beet1830

Swiss chard1832

spinach beet1842

sea-kale beet1882

wurzel1888

1787 J. Woodforde Diary 29 June (1926) II. 330 Sr. Willm Jernegan sent me by Mr. Custance a Treatise on the Plant called Scarcity Root.

1803 A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) III. 109 Another new article which has been very lately introduced, is the Mangel Wurzel, or Scarcity Plant.

1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 367 Beta vulgaris, the Beet, with its varieties, the Scarcity and Mangel Wurtzel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	scarcity
释义	scarcityn. /ˈskɛːsɪti/ Forms: Middle English scarsete(e, skarsete, skarcete, scharsete, ( scarestee), Middle English scarcete, scarcetie, 1500s scarsety, scarcety, Scottish skaircetie, 1600s skarsety; Middle English scarste(e, Middle English skarste; Middle English–1500s scarsitee, Middle English scarcitee, scarsite, skarsytee, Middle English skersytye, scarcyte, scarsytie, Middle English–1500s scarcite, scarscitie, scarssite, 1500s skarsyte, skarsitie, skarcitie, scacity, 1500s–1600s scarcitie, Middle English–1600s scarsitie, 1500s– scarcity. Etymology: < Old Northern French escarceté, Central Old French escharseté , < esc(h)ars : see scarce adj. and -ity suffix. The quality, condition, or fact of being scarce. †1. Frugality, parsimony; niggardliness, stinginess, meanness. 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 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 871 For almus-dede do ȝe non as ȝe demen alle, But skarsete & skaþe vn-skilfully fonden. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋634 For right as men blamen an Auaricious man by cause of his scarsetee and chyngerie, In the same wise [etc.]. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii Thow dyest for honger by cause that thy mayster gyueth the no mete by his grete scarcyte. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fv Althoughe I dispraysed nygarshippe & vicious scarcitie. 2. a. Insufficiency of supply; smallness of available quantity, number, or amount, in proportion to the need or demand. 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 a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 54795 Wexe to bygge in þis Cite, Of whiche hij hadden scarsete. c1450 Brut 436 And tho was..grete scarste of corne and of othir vitaill. 1571 Act 13 Eliz. c. 14 §1 The excessive pryce of Bowe Staves w^ch groweth principally by the Scarcitie of Bowe Staves brought into this Realme. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 26 Of leade and tinne is the most scarsity in forraine dominions, and plenty with vs. 1651 Reg. Commission Grt. Assemb. 5 Jan. (S.H.S.) III. 189 The scarsitie of ministers in Cathness and Orkney. 1760 S. Johnson Idler 5 Apr. 105 Value is more frequently raised by Scarcity than by Use. That which lay neglected when it was common, rises in Estimation as its Quantity becomes less. 1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics v. 80 Now tell me..whether you think it a good thing or not that there should be a scarcity of wine? 1881 W. Newton Serm. for Boys & Girls (ed. 2) 108 There was one year a great scarcity of rain. b. attributive: scarcity value n. an enhanced value due to scarcity. So scarcity price, scarcity rent, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > increase in value > increased value due to scarcity scarcity value1848 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. iii. iv. §6 552 Things which cannot be increased ad libitum in quantity, and which therefore, if the demand goes beyond a certain amount, command a scarcity value. 1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. iii. i. 90 Here is a high degree of value..where yet no labor has been... This is an instance of what may be called ‘monopoly-value’, or as some prefer to call it, scarcity-value. 1904 Daily Chron. 8 Oct. 3/3 The taxability of scarcity rents and profits. 1920 Times 5 June 15/3 Profits made on selling commodities at scarcity prices since then would escape the levy. 1936 J. M. Keynes Gen. Theory Employment xxiv. 377 Our aim of depriving capital of its scarcity-value. 1972 ‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea (1973) x. 162 She was a blonde. They have a great time in the Orient, scarcity value. c. Comparative fewness, small number (of something not desirable). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > relative or comparative fewness rarenessa1530 rarity1542 scarcity1663 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 93 The Hollanders..Vant of their scarcity of theeves..but attribute the same scarcity to that defence they..make against Theeves. 3. absol. Insufficiency of supply, in a community, of the necessaries of life, dearth. Also an instance of this, a period of scarcity, a dearth. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything > general scarcity of necessaries of life deartha1325 scarcityc1450 evil wone1570 benting (benneting) time1670 stint1820 c1450 Brut ccxxiv. 292 Þer folwyd in Engelond good chepe, and wonder grete plente of chaffaree, vitaile and marchaundice, and þere aȝens, honger, scrafte [? read scarste], mischif, and nede of money. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 71 After such a famine there followed a Scarsitie in South Wales. 1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. iv. 281 All hands are at work..to store them [sc. apartments] all with provision against the ensuing time of scarcity. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 220 That unfortunate city gradually experienced the distress of scarcity, and at length the horrid calamities of famine. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 23 It is short allowance alone that can then prevent a scarcity from ending in absolute famine. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) iii. v. 399 These general reasonings have been strikingly confirmed during the late scarcities. 1908 Q. Rev. July 224 Lesser visitations of scarcity have occurred in various provinces. †4. Scantiness (of diet). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > diet > [noun] > scantiness of diet scarcenessc1380 scarcity1398 suppage1597 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. xx. 207 In scarsetee of dyetes seke men fayllen moost. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDii Scarcyte in meate, and the bely alway somwhat hungry, is..praysed. †5. Deficiency, shortcoming. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage wanec888 trokingc1175 want?c1225 defaultc1300 trokea1325 fault1340 lacking1377 scarcityc1380 wantingc1390 absencea1398 bresta1400 defect?a1425 lack?c1425 defailing1502 mank?a1513 inlaik1562 defection1576 inlaiking1595 vacuity1601 deficience1605 lossa1616 failancea1627 deficiency1634 shortness1669 falling shorta1680 miss1689 wantage1756 shortage1868 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 364 In full euydence and open tooknynge þat god takiþ þis ordenance in his chirche as full sufficient, and in no wise fawtye in scarste or excesse þer-of. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 168 Preying þe reder, wher any word myssit, Causyng þe metre to be halte or lame, For to correcte, to saue me fro blame: Late hym nat wayte after coryouste, Syth þat in ryme ynglysch hath skarsete [v.r. skersytye]. c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 80 And ekke to me it is right gret penaunce Sith ryme in englisshe haþe suche skarsytee [v.rr. scarstee, scarestee, etc.] To folowen word by word þe curyosytee Of Graunsone flour of hem þat make in ffraunce. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 872 Set in A meene of prudent governaunce, That ther be nouthir skarsete nor excesse, But a ryght Rewle of Attemperaunce. †6. The condition of being slenderly or inadequately provided (const. of). Also absol., straitened condition with regard to means of living or comfort; penury, hardship. 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 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 465 Þerfore it is good to lyve in good rule and in plente, and nouȝt in streiȝtnesse, scarsite, and meschief [Caxton, in strayte skarste and meschyef]. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. g iii^v Soche poverte is plente, For by it avoydynge scacite, All welthynes they have. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 145 This king commandet to bring vpe the ȝouth w^t al hardnes and skaircetie. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. E. van Meteren in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 599 Gunne-powder, whereof they were in great skarcitie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 221 When he was poore, Imprison'd, and in scarsitie of Friends, I cleer'd him with fiue Talents. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 116 Scarcity and want shall shun you, Ceres blessing so is on you. View more context for this quotation 7. The mangel-wurzel. Also scarcity plant, scarcity root. See also root of scarcity n. at root n.¹ 1b.For the origin of the name see mangel-wurzel n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > beet > beet plants sea-beet1713 scarcity1787 leaf beet1830 Swiss chard1832 spinach beet1842 sea-kale beet1882 wurzel1888 1787 J. Woodforde Diary 29 June (1926) II. 330 Sr. Willm Jernegan sent me by Mr. Custance a Treatise on the Plant called Scarcity Root. 1803 A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) III. 109 Another new article which has been very lately introduced, is the Mangel Wurzel, or Scarcity Plant. 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 367 Beta vulgaris, the Beet, with its varieties, the Scarcity and Mangel Wurtzel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1340
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