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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exiguous /ɪgˈzɪgjʊəs, ɛg-/

▶adjective formal very small.

– derivatives
exiguity /-ˈgjuːɪti/ noun,
exiguously adverb,
exiguousness noun.

– origin C17: from L. exiguus ‘scanty’ (from exigere ‘weigh exactly’) + -ous.

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