dearth

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

dearths

1.
(countable, uncountable)A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
2.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.

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verb

V_es/s

dearths

V_ing/Gerund

dearthing

V_ed/pp

dearthed

1.
(dated, obsolete, transitive)To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

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Đồng nghĩa

famine shortage lack paucity scarcityperiod when food is rare famine, shortagescarcity lack, paucity, scarcity

Cùng gốc / liên quan

dearthfuldearthy

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Nguồn gốc từ

First attested at least as early as the late 1300s, and appearing in Tyndale’s Pentateuch (1530) as well as the Coverdale Bible (1535). From Middle English derth, derthe, derþe, probably from Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu, from *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō (costliness, preciousness, honour); corresponding to dear + -th. Cognate with diuriða, djoerte, duurte, dýrð.