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Definitions for Exiguity

[1] scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income.
[2] scanty or slender; meagre an exiguous income

Words related to Exiguity

exiguousloss, shortfall, inadequacy, reduction, dearth, paucity, absence, poverty, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, bankruptcy, debt, hardship, lack, famine, difficulty, starvation, deficit, insufficiency

Words nearby Exiguity

exiguousexhume, exigeant, exigency, exigent, exigible, exiguous, exilarch, exile, exilic, eximious, exine

Origin of Exiguity

ous1645–55; < Latin exiguus scanty in measure or number, small, equivalent to exig(ere ) (see exigent) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix

Other words from Exiguity

ex·i·gu·i·ty [ek-si-gyoo -i-tee] /ˌɛk sɪˈgyu ɪ ti/ , ex·ig·u·ous·ness , noun
ex·ig·u·ous·ly , adverb

Word origin for Exiguity

ousC17: from Latin exiguus, from exigere to weigh out; see exigent

Synonyms for Exiguity

absence, dearth, inadequacy, loss, paucity, poverty, reduction, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, abridgement, curtailment, decrease, default, defect, deficit, depletion, deprivation, destitution, distress, exigency, inferiority, insufficiency, meagerness, miss, necessity, privation, retrenchment, scantiness, shortness, shrinkage, shrinking, slightness, stint, want, insufficience