Associations to the word «Dearth»

Wiktionary

DEARTH, noun. A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
DEARTH, noun. (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
DEARTH, noun. (obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.

Dictionary definition

DEARTH, noun. An acute insufficiency.
DEARTH, noun. An insufficient quantity or number.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus