different between derth vs scarcity

English

Noun

derth

1. Obsolete spelling of dearth

Anagrams

• thred

Middle English

Alternative forms

• derthe, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe

Etymology

From West Saxon Old English *d?erþ, *d?erþu and Anglian Old English *d?orþ, *d?orþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþ?; equivalent to dere +? -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?r?(?)/, /?dir?(?)/
• (Late ME also) IPA^(key): /?dar?(?)/

Noun

derth (uncountable)

1. A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
2. (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing)
3. (rare) Amazingness, success, magnificence.

Descendants

• English: dearth
• Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart

References

• “derth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-30.

English

Etymology

From Old Northern French escarcete; surface analysis scarce +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sk??s?ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sk??s?ti/

Noun

scarcity (countable and uncountable, plural scarcities)

1. (uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient
   • July 6, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 136

     Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.

2. (countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage

Synonyms

• (condition of something being scarce): infrequency, rareness, rarity; see also Thesaurus:rareness
• (inadequate amount of something): dearth, deficiency, lack, infrequency, penury, rareness, rarity, want; see also Thesaurus:lack

Antonyms

• (condition of something being scarce): frequency, commonness; see also Thesaurus:commonness
• (inadequate amount of something): abundance, copiousness; see also Thesaurus:excess

Translations

Anagrams

• city cars