Scârce'ness or Scâr'ci-ty, n.
n. 1. The condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; defect of plenty; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples. Addison.
Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. Rambler.
Sense 2. Rareness; infrequency.
The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness. Collier.
Root of scarcity, or scarcity-root (Bot.), a plant of the genus Beta; mangel-wurtzel.
Synonyms—Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency.