Pau″ci‐ty (pa̤″sĭ‐ty̆), 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. Smallness of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood. Sir T. Browne.