Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Expensive; costly; very dear.

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Examples

  • In English country houses the dearth of bathing appliances must be even more dearthful.

    Europe Revised 1910

  • Then a piano across the street sounded the dearthful harmonies of Chopin's

    The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907

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