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exiguous

adj
/ɪɡˈzɪ.ɡju.əs/

Etymology

From Latin exiguus (“strict, exact”), from exigere (“to measure against a standard”).

  1. derived from exiguus — “strict, exact”

Definitions

  1. Scanty

    Scanty; meager.

    • The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe.
    • The path on which I then planted my feet was quite unprecedentedly narrow. I had never had to walk along a thoroughfare so exiguous.
    • They are entering the market, setting up stalls on snowy streets, moonlighting to supplement exiguous incomes.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA