- Exiguousness
- Exiguous Ex*ig"u*ous, a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] ``Exiguous resources.'' --Carlyle. -- {Ex*ig"uous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster]
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Exiguousness
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exiguousness — index dearth, insufficiency Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exiguousness — noun see exiguous … New Collegiate Dictionary
exiguousness — See exiguously. * * * … Universalium
exiguousness — noun The quality of being meagre or scanty Syn: exiguity … Wiktionary
exiguousness — n. See exiguity … New dictionary of synonyms
exiguousness — ex·ig·u·ous·ness … English syllables
exiguousness — noun ( es) : exiguity * * * exigˈūousness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑exiguous … Useful english dictionary
exiguous — adjective Etymology: Latin exiguus, from exigere Date: 1651 excessively scanty ; inadequate < wrest an exiguous existence from the land > < exiguous evidence > • exiguously adverb • exiguousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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exiguous — exiguity /ek si gyooh i tee/, exiguousness, n. exiguously, adv. /ig zig yooh euhs, ik sig /, adj. scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income. [1645 55; < L exiguus scanty in measure or number, small, equiv. to exig(ere) (see EXIGENT) + uus… … Universalium
