Relating to or characterized by sparseness, thinness, or rare occurrence.
From Greek 'araios' (thin, sparse, rare). This descriptive term entered English to describe things that are distributed thinly or occur infrequently.
The word 'araeotic' reveals how ancient Greeks had specific vocabulary for different kinds of 'not much'—sparse, rare, thin, and dilute were each their own word. Language shows how people think about the world differently.
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