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Exiguous

//ɪɡˈzɪ.ɡju.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Scanty; meager.

    "The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe."

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely scanty wordnet

Etymology

From Latin exiguus (“strict, exact”), from exigere (“to measure against a standard”).

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