exiguousness

exiguousness
index dearth, insufficiency

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  • Exiguousness — Exiguous Ex*ig u*ous, a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] Exiguous resources. Carlyle. {Ex*ig uous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exiguousness — noun see exiguous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • exiguousness — See exiguously. * * * …   Universalium

  • exiguousness — noun The quality of being meagre or scanty Syn: exiguity …   Wiktionary

  • exiguousness — n. See exiguity …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • exiguousness — ex·ig·u·ous·ness …   English syllables

  • exiguousness — noun ( es) : exiguity * * * exigˈūousness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑exiguous …   Useful english dictionary

  • exiguous — adjective Etymology: Latin exiguus, from exigere Date: 1651 excessively scanty ; inadequate < wrest an exiguous existence from the land > < exiguous evidence > • exiguously adverb • exiguousness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Axel Oxenstierna — The High Well Born Count Axel Oxenstierna Lord High Chancellor of the Swedish Empire Rikskansler In office …   Wikipedia

  • exiguous — exiguity /ek si gyooh i tee/, exiguousness, n. exiguously, adv. /ig zig yooh euhs, ik sig /, adj. scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income. [1645 55; < L exiguus scanty in measure or number, small, equiv. to exig(ere) (see EXIGENT) + uus… …   Universalium

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