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exiguity

exi·guity

UK/ɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti/ US/ɪɡ-/ uncommon

noun

1.

the quality of being meager

  • “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes” George Eliot
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From Middle French exiguite, from Late Latin exiguitas. See exiguous.

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