Pau"ci*ty (?), n. [L. paucitas,
fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucité See
Few.] 1. Fewness; smallness of number;
scarcity. Hooker.
Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the
paucity, and the incompleteness, of its
communications.
I. Taylor.
2. Smallnes of quantity; exiguity;
insufficiency; as, paucity of blood. Sir T.
Browne.