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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : durth |
Phonetic Transcription : dɜrθ |
Definition of dearth
Origin :- mid-13c., derthe "scarcity" (originally used of famines, when food was costly because scarce; extended to other situations of scarcity from early 14c.), abstract noun formed from root of Old English deore "precious, costly" (see dear) + abstract noun suffix -th (2). Common Germanic formation, though not always with the same sense (cf. Old Saxon diurtha "splendor, glory, love," Middle Dutch dierte, Dutch duurte, Old High German tiurida "glory").
- noun insufficiency, scarcity
- For who does not know what a dearth there is of wise men, if yet any one be to be found?
- Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
- "A very acceptable one in these days of dearth," said Mary, blushing.
- Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
- Here at Athens there is a dearth of the commodity, and all wisdom seems to have emigrated from us to you.
- Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
- From the housing question to the dearth of servants we feel its baneful effects.
- Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst
- The mills, with their dyes and dirt, are also responsible for the dearth of trout.
- Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
- Absence of water means suffering and sickness, dearth and death.
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
- Confucius said, 'The dearth of talent,' is not that the truth?
- Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius
- As is usual on such occasions, there was no dearth of advice.
- Extract from : « High Adventure » by James Norman Hall
- And this not in times of dearth or scarcity, but rather as a relish.
- Extract from : « The Toilers of the Field » by Richard Jefferies
- During the winter of 1846-7 there was a peculiar season of dearth.
- Extract from : « George Muller of Bristol » by Arthur T. Pierson
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