exiguousadj.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzɪɡjʊəs/,

/ɛɡˈzɪɡjʊəs/,

/ᵻkˈsɪɡjʊəs/,

/ɛkˈsɪɡjʊəs/, U.S.

/ɛɡˈzɪɡjəwəs/,

/ɛkˈsɪɡjəwəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin exiguus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin exiguus small in size, small in amount, scanty, numerically small, short, brief, faint, feeble, meagre, slight, petty ( < exigere to weigh strictly (see exact v.) + -uus, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French exigu (1495), Spanish exiguo (1439), Italian esiguo (c1336).

Very small in size or amount; diminutive, minute; (also) very few in number, scanty, scarce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree

superfine1575

tiny1598

minute1606

exiguous1630

myriate1665

delicate1692

miniature1714

infinitesimal1733

diminutive1741

weeny1790

inappreciable1802

teeny1802

scrumptious1834

teeny-weeny1842

teeny-tiny1849

tee-tiny1872

minuscule1878

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount

narrowOE

poor?c1225

scarce1297

straitc1386

feeblea1513

scant1556

niggardly1564

slender1564

limited1590

scanted1594

sparing1602

scantled1604

stinted1629

exiguous1630

unlavished1635

scanty1658

unprofuse1727

costivea1734

incopious1734

niggard1751

jimp1768

skimped1839

stingy1854

restricted1856

niggard-measured1881

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small

tinea1400

little weea1525

undersmall?1527

little little1542

perpusil1598

tiny1598

punctual1605

minute1606

pygmya1616

exiguous1630

atomical1646

minutulous1651

puncticular1658

arenulous1664

myriate1665

minimal1666

minim1671

infinitesimal1733

minutissim1768

weeny1790

midgety1798

teeny1802

pinpoint1807

atomic1809

homuncular1822

minnow1824

weeshy1825

pinhead1835

finitesimal1836

homoeopathic1838

teeny-weeny1842

teenty1844

teenty-taunty1844

teeny-tiny1849

submolecular1854

teensy1856

super-compact1860

midget1865

ultramicroscopic1870

pilulous1871

teensy-weensy1872

tee-tiny1872

minuscule1878

smitchy1888

eeny-weeny1894

eensy-weensy1904

pygmean1904

ultramicroscopical1904

bitsy1905

bitty1905

totty1906

millimetric1909

miniscule1909

minuscular1911

insectual1912

micro1931

eeny1933

eensy1940

submicrogram1941

submillimetre1954

diddy1963

mini1963

micro-mini1967

1630 R. Willan Eliah's Wish Ep. Ded. sig. A3 This exiguous Tract belongs vnto you by a manifold Right.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋141 Of great vertue, yet of an exiguous quantity.

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 39 If they have any being, it is so exiguous, that it is scarce visible.

a1709 J. Philips Fall of Chloe's Piss-pot in London Mag. (1754) Feb. 86/2 Th' ancient race of earth protected mice: The race exiguous, uninur'd to wet, Their mansions quit.

1790 J. Trapp tr. J. Lavallée Negro II. 171 I have proportioned to thy delicacy, and my own power, the exiguous gifts I can afford.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. v. 583 The soldier's pay is in the highest degree exiguous; not above three half-pence a day.

1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 May 3 The judgment of the House of Lords on the exiguous point raised by the Bordesley appeal.

1930 S. Sassoon Mem. Infantry Officer iv. 103 My exiguous diary has preserved a few details of that nine mile march.

1970 Univ. Leeds Rev. May 65 There will be in one's country and its life a mixture of good and ill, and..if the good..were exiguous by comparison with the ill, then one could not love it.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 29/1 Although Junius's correspondence has turned into a long book, by the standards of epistolary graphomania that prevailed in the Republic of Letters it is exiguous—226 letters compared with over 7,000 by Grotius.

Derivatives

eˈxiguousness n. = exiguity n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun]

littlenessOE

ungreatc1275

littleheadc1350

smallnessa1398

littlelaikc1450

exiguity1604

pusillage1610

parvity1620

parvitude1652

petitenessa1676

exiguousness1727

exility1779

toydom1882

weeness1882

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun]

fewnesseOE

paucityc1425

thinnessc1440

exility1528

smallness1544

rareness1562

infrequency1600

exiguity1604

uninfiniteness1656

scarceness1672

exiguousness1727

spareness1822

sparseness1833

sparsity1865

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

littlenessOE

littleheadc1350

paucity?a1425

smallness?1532

slenderness?1542

exiguity1604

fewness1617

lowness1708

slightness1747

exiguousness1888

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Exiguousness, Exiguity,..Littleness.

1860 G. Vandenhoff Dramatic Reminisc. 99 A pair of trowsers that, having probably been derived from the same source as the coat, presented the same exiguousness of length.

1888 Sat. Rev. 22 Sept. 352/1 No. 1, though its apparent exiguousness might suggest a different conclusion, is a number of the highest importance.

1933 L. M. Fraser & D. C. Macgregor tr. J. Hasebroek Trade & Politics Anc. Greece ii. 81 What strikes one most forcibly in it [sc. fourth-century trade] is its simplicity and exiguousness.

2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xi. 321 None of the 60 or so known species exceeds 3 millimetres in length and their exiguousness allows them to dispense with organs of circulation and gaseous exchange.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exiguous
释义	exiguousadj. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɪɡjʊəs/, /ɛɡˈzɪɡjʊəs/, /ᵻkˈsɪɡjʊəs/, /ɛkˈsɪɡjʊəs/, U.S. /ɛɡˈzɪɡjəwəs/, /ɛkˈsɪɡjəwəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin exiguus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin exiguus small in size, small in amount, scanty, numerically small, short, brief, faint, feeble, meagre, slight, petty ( < exigere to weigh strictly (see exact v.) + -uus, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French exigu (1495), Spanish exiguo (1439), Italian esiguo (c1336). Very small in size or amount; diminutive, minute; (also) very few in number, scanty, scarce. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree superfine1575 tiny1598 minute1606 exiguous1630 myriate1665 delicate1692 miniature1714 infinitesimal1733 diminutive1741 weeny1790 inappreciable1802 teeny1802 scrumptious1834 teeny-weeny1842 teeny-tiny1849 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount narrowOE poor?c1225 scarce1297 straitc1386 feeblea1513 scant1556 niggardly1564 slender1564 limited1590 scanted1594 sparing1602 scantled1604 stinted1629 exiguous1630 unlavished1635 scanty1658 unprofuse1727 costivea1734 incopious1734 niggard1751 jimp1768 skimped1839 stingy1854 restricted1856 niggard-measured1881 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small tinea1400 little weea1525 undersmall?1527 little little1542 perpusil1598 tiny1598 punctual1605 minute1606 pygmya1616 exiguous1630 atomical1646 minutulous1651 puncticular1658 arenulous1664 myriate1665 minimal1666 minim1671 infinitesimal1733 minutissim1768 weeny1790 midgety1798 teeny1802 pinpoint1807 atomic1809 homuncular1822 minnow1824 weeshy1825 pinhead1835 finitesimal1836 homoeopathic1838 teeny-weeny1842 teenty1844 teenty-taunty1844 teeny-tiny1849 submolecular1854 teensy1856 super-compact1860 midget1865 ultramicroscopic1870 pilulous1871 teensy-weensy1872 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 smitchy1888 eeny-weeny1894 eensy-weensy1904 pygmean1904 ultramicroscopical1904 bitsy1905 bitty1905 totty1906 millimetric1909 miniscule1909 minuscular1911 insectual1912 micro1931 eeny1933 eensy1940 submicrogram1941 submillimetre1954 diddy1963 mini1963 micro-mini1967 1630 R. Willan Eliah's Wish Ep. Ded. sig. A3 This exiguous Tract belongs vnto you by a manifold Right. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋141 Of great vertue, yet of an exiguous quantity. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 39 If they have any being, it is so exiguous, that it is scarce visible. a1709 J. Philips Fall of Chloe's Piss-pot in London Mag. (1754) Feb. 86/2 Th' ancient race of earth protected mice: The race exiguous, uninur'd to wet, Their mansions quit. 1790 J. Trapp tr. J. Lavallée Negro II. 171 I have proportioned to thy delicacy, and my own power, the exiguous gifts I can afford. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. v. 583 The soldier's pay is in the highest degree exiguous; not above three half-pence a day. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 May 3 The judgment of the House of Lords on the exiguous point raised by the Bordesley appeal. 1930 S. Sassoon Mem. Infantry Officer iv. 103 My exiguous diary has preserved a few details of that nine mile march. 1970 Univ. Leeds Rev. May 65 There will be in one's country and its life a mixture of good and ill, and..if the good..were exiguous by comparison with the ill, then one could not love it. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 29/1 Although Junius's correspondence has turned into a long book, by the standards of epistolary graphomania that prevailed in the Republic of Letters it is exiguous—226 letters compared with over 7,000 by Grotius. Derivatives eˈxiguousness n. = exiguity n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] littlenessOE ungreatc1275 littleheadc1350 smallnessa1398 littlelaikc1450 exiguity1604 pusillage1610 parvity1620 parvitude1652 petitenessa1676 exiguousness1727 exility1779 toydom1882 weeness1882 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] fewnesseOE paucityc1425 thinnessc1440 exility1528 smallness1544 rareness1562 infrequency1600 exiguity1604 uninfiniteness1656 scarceness1672 exiguousness1727 spareness1822 sparseness1833 sparsity1865 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] littlenessOE littleheadc1350 paucity?a1425 smallness?1532 slenderness?1542 exiguity1604 fewness1617 lowness1708 slightness1747 exiguousness1888 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Exiguousness, Exiguity,..Littleness. 1860 G. Vandenhoff Dramatic Reminisc. 99 A pair of trowsers that, having probably been derived from the same source as the coat, presented the same exiguousness of length. 1888 Sat. Rev. 22 Sept. 352/1 No. 1, though its apparent exiguousness might suggest a different conclusion, is a number of the highest importance. 1933 L. M. Fraser & D. C. Macgregor tr. J. Hasebroek Trade & Politics Anc. Greece ii. 81 What strikes one most forcibly in it [sc. fourth-century trade] is its simplicity and exiguousness. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xi. 321 None of the 60 or so known species exceeds 3 millimetres in length and their exiguousness allows them to dispense with organs of circulation and gaseous exchange. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1630
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