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exiguous

   [ig-zig-yoo-uhs, ik-sig-] 

–adjective

scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income.

 

ncane; yingcosana

 

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Origin: 
1645–55; < L exiguus scanty in measure or number, small, equiv. toexig(ere) (see exigent) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix

—Related forms

exiguity  [ek-si-gyoo-i-tee]  exiguousness,noun

 

exiguously, adverb

 

 

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Word Origin & History

exiguous

1650s, from L. exiguus "scanty in measure or number," from exigere(see exact).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper 
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exiguous    (ĭg-zĭg'yōō-əs, ĭk-sĭg'-)     adj.  Extremely scanty; meager. [From Latin exiguus, from exigere, to measure out, demand; see exact.] exiguously adv., exiguousness n

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