exiguous

[prettygoodword]

exiguous - adj., scanty, meager, inadequate.


From Latin exiguus, strictly weighed, with a sense of too strictly weighed, from exigere, to determine, decide, weigh.

---L.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

brand-new word for me; thanks!

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

De nada.

I've seen the word, but don't always use it correctly.

---L.

[packbat.livejournal.com]

I always associate the word with the quote "The Astronomer Royal's duties are so exiguous that they could be performed posthumously." Dunno if that's a proper usage, based on your definition.