exiguous (ig-ZIG-yoo-uhs) adjective

Scanty; small; slender.

[From Latin exiguus (scanty), from exigere (to measure or to demand).
Ultimately from Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw) that's also
the fount of such words as act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue,
and ambassador.]

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