exiguous
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yu adjective
scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income.
Origin:
1645–55; < Latin exiguus scanty in measure or number, small, equivalent to exig(ere) (see exigent) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix
1645–55; < Latin exiguus scanty in measure or number, small, equivalent to exig(ere) (see exigent) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix
Related forms
ex·ig·u·ous·ly, adverb
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exiguous (ɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəs, ɪkˈsɪɡ-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| scanty or slender; meagre: an exiguous income | |
| [C17: from Latin exiguus, from exigere to weigh out; see | |
| exiguity | |
| —n | |
| ex'iguousness | |
| —n | |
| ex'iguously | |
| —adv | |
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Exiguous
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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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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The speed at which the firing squads operated made his argument seem exiguous.
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