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pauce

UK/pɔːs/US/pɔs/

pauce adjective: subject to or pertaining to paucity; being scarce or insufficient.

Adjective

pauce (comparative more pauce, superlative most pauce)

  1. (rare) Subject to or pertaining to paucity; being scarce or insufficient.
    • […] although the foraminiferal content is pauce.1966, Tōhoku Daigaku. Science Reports, v.37-38 1965-1967, Tōhoku University: 1966, page 208
    • Comparable information for the Soviets is pauce; but the authors' observations are stimulating and plausible.1983, Academy of Political Science (U.S.) Political Science Quarterly; New York, v.98 (1983-84), page 521

Forms of pauce

comparativemore pauce
superlativemost pauce

Origin of pauce

Borrowed from Latin paucus.

Words that rhyme with pauce

Questions about pauce

What does pauce mean?
Pauce means subject to or pertaining to paucity; being scarce or insufficient.
What part of speech is pauce?
Pauce is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pauce?
Pauce is pronounced /pɔːs/ (UK).

Words near pauce in the dictionary

  1. paubhas
  2. paucal
  3. paucality
  4. Paucar
  5. Paucars
  6. pauce
  7. paucennial
  8. pauci-
  9. pauci-cellular
  10. pauci-immune
  11. pauciarthritic

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