scantnessn.

/ˈskantnɪs/

Etymology: < scant adj. + -ness suffix.

a. The condition of being scant or insufficient in quantity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness

scantnessc1386

parcity1509

tenuity1535

scantiness1567

bareness1580

barrenness1587

exiguity1604

leanness1612

meagreness1622

thinness1623

jejuneness1626

macilencya1631

narrowness1647

straitnessa1704

flimsinessa1763

threadbareness1771

poorness1782

skimpiness1879

threadbarity1892

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋415 The synful costlewe array of clothynge, and namely in to muche superfluite, or elles in to desordinat scantnesse [v.r. skarsenesse].

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1243 I am so drad of monyes scantnesse, That myn hert is al makid of lightnesse.

1574 J. Dee in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 33 Considering your mervailous skantnes of leysor from very waighty matters.

1608 R. Dobson in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 124 As for the skantness of it, I know it is as full of stuffe as any gowne you haue..worn.

1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. David II in Regiam Majestatem 45 There is great raritie, and skantnes within the Realme,..of silver.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 193 The miserable scantness of our capacities.

1684 R. Baxter Acct. Twelve Arguments 2 in Catholick Communion Defended Tho the scantness of History..tell us not what words were then used.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. iii. 30 All scantness and scarceness, such as this lack of bread in the wilderness,..belonged not to man as his portion at the first.

†b. Penury, lack of comforts or necessaries.

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

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxvi. 124 Þai liffe with grete wricchedness and scantness.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 442/2 Scantnesse, parcitas, parcimonia.

†c. = scarcity n. 3. Obsolete.

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

1543 Aberdeen Reg. (1844) I. 190 The grit dartht and skantnes in the contray.

†2. Of the wind (cf. scant adj. 7). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > drawing ahead or unfavourableness

scantness1574

scant1595

scanting1625

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > too much ahead > condition of

scantness1574

scanting1625

1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xix. 50 b Tydes, currentes, or the scantnesse of the wynde, which may put the ship vnto the leewardes of his course.

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

单词	scantness
释义	scantnessn. /ˈskantnɪs/ Etymology: < scant adj. + -ness suffix. 1. a. The condition of being scant or insufficient in quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness scantnessc1386 parcity1509 tenuity1535 scantiness1567 bareness1580 barrenness1587 exiguity1604 leanness1612 meagreness1622 thinness1623 jejuneness1626 macilencya1631 narrowness1647 straitnessa1704 flimsinessa1763 threadbareness1771 poorness1782 skimpiness1879 threadbarity1892 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋415 The synful costlewe array of clothynge, and namely in to muche superfluite, or elles in to desordinat scantnesse [v.r. skarsenesse]. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1243 I am so drad of monyes scantnesse, That myn hert is al makid of lightnesse. 1574 J. Dee in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 33 Considering your mervailous skantnes of leysor from very waighty matters. 1608 R. Dobson in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 124 As for the skantness of it, I know it is as full of stuffe as any gowne you haue..worn. 1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. David II in Regiam Majestatem 45 There is great raritie, and skantnes within the Realme,..of silver. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 193 The miserable scantness of our capacities. 1684 R. Baxter Acct. Twelve Arguments 2 in Catholick Communion Defended Tho the scantness of History..tell us not what words were then used. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. iii. 30 All scantness and scarceness, such as this lack of bread in the wilderness,..belonged not to man as his portion at the first. †b. Penury, lack of comforts or necessaries. 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 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxvi. 124 Þai liffe with grete wricchedness and scantness. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 442/2 Scantnesse, parcitas, parcimonia. †c. = scarcity n. 3. Obsolete. 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 1543 Aberdeen Reg. (1844) I. 190 The grit dartht and skantnes in the contray. †2. Of the wind (cf. scant adj. 7). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > drawing ahead or unfavourableness scantness1574 scant1595 scanting1625 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > too much ahead > condition of scantness1574 scanting1625 1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xix. 50 b Tydes, currentes, or the scantnesse of the wynde, which may put the ship vnto the leewardes of his course. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1386
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