Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being exiguous; exiguity; diminutiveness.

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  • noun The quality of being meagre or scanty

Etymologies

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Derived from exiguous.

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Examples

  • I assume that mention of the book, and its praising of science (for which I concur), and its exiguousness regarding an ID endorsement (for which I don't blame the Pope) could have been done, but sans a reading of that tome, I would think it premature to comment on it.

    Pope Calls Intelligent Design's Bluff Christopher O'Brien 2007

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