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ex·ig·u·ous    Audio Help   [ig-zig-yoo-uhs, ik-sig-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income.

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

ex·i·gu·i·ty    Audio Help   [ek-si-gyoo-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, ex·ig·u·ous·ness, noun
ex·ig·u·ous·ly, adverb
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ex·ig·u·ous    Audio Help   (ĭg-zĭg'yōō-əs, ĭk-sĭg'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Extremely scanty; meager.


[From Latin exiguus, from exigere, to measure out, demand; see exact.]

ex·ig'u·ous·ly adv., ex·ig'u·ous·ness n.
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exiguous

adjective
extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget" 

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Exiguous

Ex*ig"u*ous\, a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] "Exiguous resources." --Carlyle. -- Ex*ig"uous*ness, n. [R.]
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