Word
of the Day for Tuesday 28th October 2014
Exiguous \ig-ZIG-yoo-uhs, ik-SIG-\
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Adjective
1. Scanty; meagre; small; slender: exiguous income. |
Quotes
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His exiguous nautical pension is hardly enough to pay
for the one cockroach infested room which he inhabits in the slum area behind
Tatwig Street...
-- Lawrence Durrell, Justine, 1957 |
Origin
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Exiguous is related to the term exigent and
comes from the Latin word exiguus meaning "scanty in
measure or number."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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