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Etymology
From L. exiguus, "strict, exact," hence "scanty, meager," from exigere, "to measure against a standard."

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɪɡ�zɪɡju.�s/ or /�ɡ�zɪɡju.�s/
SAMPA|/Ig"zIgju.@s/</tt> or <tt>/Eg"zIgju.@s/
audio|en-us-exiguous.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

1. Extremely scanty; meager.

Quotations
timeline|
1800s=1889|
1900s=1912 1998
1889 � w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, s:The_Wrong_Box|The Wrong Box ch XIII

1912 � w:G. K. Chesterton|G. K. Chesterton, s:Manalive|Manalive ch VII

1998 � Michael Ignatieff, Rebirth of a Nation: An Anatomy of Russia. New Statesman, Feb 6.

???? � Terence Brown, The Life of W. B. Yeats: A Critical Biography.
:Among the pressures provoking these distresses were a father's financial inadequacy and a growing awareness that, by finding employment himself, he could ameliorate the family's exiguous circumstances.

Translations

Japanese: ������������, goku wazuka no�
mid
Kurdish: t|ku|qa�tîk, t|ku|zeîfok, t|ku|hestî
Italian: t|it|esiguo m

Derived terms
exiguity
exiguously
exiguousness

io:exiguous
ru:exiguous
vi:exiguous

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