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Definition of Dearth
1. Noun. An acute insufficiency.
2. Noun. An insufficient quantity or number.
Definition of Dearth
1. n. Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
Definition of Dearth
1. Noun. A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dearth
1. scarcity [n -S] - See also: scarcity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dearth
Literary usage of Dearth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1894)
"Fevers in the dearth of 1799-1802. Although Willan chooses the end of the year
1799 to enlarge upon the London fever, he does not connect it with the dearth ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"dearth in Great Britain. the French Minister of Police, who sent over an agent
named Fagan, and afterwards sought, through the medium of a financier, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"And tlie seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said : and
the dearth wad in all lands. I.. 11. xll. 54. In times of dearth it drained ..."
4. A Compendious Or Briefe Examination of Certayne Ordinary Complaints of by William Stafford, John Hales (1751)
"... dearth of all things (in ... _ ., , , •* ' , .. dearth that ... of things
which commonly maketh dearth ; ' this is a ..."
5. The Early Records of the Town of Providence by Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners (1904)
"(Approved July 8 Resolved, That the gift of William G. dearth of the sum of ...
and care of the burial lots ol said William G. dearth and of Abby T. dearth, ..."
6. Pots and Pans: Or, Studies in Still-life Painting by Arthur Edwin Bye (1921)
"Henry Golden dearth handled his materials in a perfectly modern way. ...
dearth foresaw that the art of the immediate future must be expressive of color. ..."
7. The American Magazine of Art by American Federation of Arts (1918)
"I wish it were one more worthy than I who came to lay my branch of laurel before
this achievement. HENRY GOLDEN dearth THE PAINTING OF HENRY GOLDEN dearth ..."
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