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exiguous

[ ig-zig-yoo-uhs, ik-sig- ]

adjective

  1. exiguous income.



exiguous

/ ˌɛksɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ; ɪkˈsɪɡ-; ɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəs /

adjective

  1. scanty or slender; meagre

    an exiguous income

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Derived Forms

  • exiguity, noun
  • exˈiguously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ex·i·gu·i·ty [ek-si-, gyoo, -i-tee], ex·igu·ous·ness noun
  • ex·igu·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exiguous1

First recorded in 1645–55; from Latin exiguus “scanty in measure or number, small,” equivalent to exig(ere) “to drive out, measure, exact” + -uus adjective suffix; exigent, -ous ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exiguous1

C17: from Latin exiguus, from exigere to weigh out; see exigent
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Example Sentences

Now in its 84th impression in Spanish, it remains a fixture on the exiguous shelves devoted to Latin America in bookshops in Europe and the United States.

Beecroft's rationale for proposing a whole series of changes weakening employment protection was the assertion, offered without evidence, that workers use their exiguous protections to get away with working below capacity.

Elizabeth is effectively obliterated and yet one immediately recognises her from this exiguous after-image.

He sat down on one of the specially designed artistic chairs of the Associated Booksellers' Trading Union and produced an exiguous lady's handkerchief, extraordinarily belaced.

To extend these limits, which confined in so exiguous a compass our therapeutic agents, has been the laborious and singular study of Hahnemann and his disciples.

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