exiguityn.

Brit.

/ˌɛksᵻˈɡjuːᵻti/,

/ˌɛɡzᵻˈɡjuːᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌɛɡzəˈɡjuədi/,

/ˌɛksəˈɡjuədi/

Forms: 1600s exiguitie, 1600s– exiguity.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French exiguité; Latin exiguitās.

Etymology: < (i) French exiguité quality or condition of being exiguous (1495 in Middle French; now exiguïté ), or its etymon (ii) classical Latin exiguitās smallness of size, condition of being small in amount or number, scantiness, shortage < exiguus (see exiguous adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).

a. The quality or condition of being exiguous; smallness in size or quantity; paucity of numbers; littleness, scantiness, scarcity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

littlenessOE

littleheadc1350

paucity?a1425

smallness?1532

slenderness?1542

exiguity1604

fewness1617

lowness1708

slightness1747

exiguousness1888

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun]

littlenessOE

ungreatc1275

littleheadc1350

smallnessa1398

littlelaikc1450

exiguity1604

pusillage1610

parvity1620

parvitude1652

petitenessa1676

exiguousness1727

exility1779

toydom1882

weeness1882

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun]

fewnesseOE

paucityc1425

thinnessc1440

exility1528

smallness1544

rareness1562

infrequency1600

exiguity1604

uninfiniteness1656

scarceness1672

exiguousness1727

spareness1822

sparseness1833

sparsity1865

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness

scantnessc1386

parcity1509

tenuity1535

scantiness1567

bareness1580

barrenness1587

exiguity1604

leanness1612

meagreness1622

thinness1623

jejuneness1626

macilencya1631

narrowness1647

straitnessa1704

flimsinessa1763

threadbareness1771

poorness1782

skimpiness1879

threadbarity1892

1604 W. Tooker Of Fabrique of Church iii. 32 The eye of ciuill or ecclesiasticall Iustice must bee fixed vpon the magnitude or exiguitie, vpon the greatnesse or smallnesse of mens merits.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 12 The exiguitie and smalenes of the assumed humour.

1658 J. Robinson Endoxa i. 116 Sense is..puzled at the exiguity of particular moats.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 34 Their exceeding exiguity; for certainly of all Animals they are the least.

1707 G. Parker Ephemeris 25 Johannidion the Diminitive, is much fitter for him, tho' by the by, I must advertise that the Name is fitted to the exiguity of his Understanding, and not to the Bulk of his Body.

1743 F. Walsh Antediluvian World iv. 54 Earth..being small, is also rude, and in its Exiguity there are many things superfluous.

1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 589 Astonished at the exiguity of the plats placed before him.

1873 W. D. Whitney Oriental & Ling. Stud. 242 We are disappointed at the exiguity of the results.

1948 E. de Pomiane Cooking in Ten Minutes 7 I am neither a fool nor a micromaniac (which..means a man with a passion for exiguity).

1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Nov. 51/4 In view of the slimness of his architectural portfolio and the exiguity of his teaching experience, this was an extraordinary appointment.

b. In plural. Narrow, confining, or constraining conditions; constraints.Perhaps influenced by exigency n. 1b.

ΚΠ

1874 A. A. Paton Henry Beyle xxv. 178 That gallery pictures do not suit the exiguities of modern apartments cannot be denied.

1899 J. K. Bangs Dreamers xii. 245 A group given over wholly, or at least as nearly wholly as the exiguities of existence would permit of a persistent and continuous devotion, to the contemplation of the beautiful.

1910 V. Hunt Wife of Altamont xvii. 125 She had reduced her weight to less than seven stone to suit the exiguities of her banana-skin, and could scarcely sit down in her suggestive costume.

1993 R. Browning War of Austrian Succession (1995) Notes 392 We still do not know whether Cumberland ordered it [sc. the square]..or whether it formed under the exiguities of the situation.

2003 Observer (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Review section) 16 As you grow used to the diary voice of Rowse, you can feel the tensions and exiguities of the era—the sound of big pennies dropping into telephone coin boxes, trains with sleeping carriages steaming into Taunton [etc.].

2. An exiguous thing; in early use spec. a minute or microscopic organism. Also: an instance of exiguity, a very small quantity.

ΚΠ

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. B2^v The Insectile Automata, (those Living-exiguities).

1701 W. Anstruther Ess., Moral & Divine i. 3 By the Assistance of the Microscope, we may Discover the Curious Mechanism, and Excellent Contexture of these Animated Exiguities.

1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. ii. 119 A gradation of intellect, from the spark which animates the most minute mortal exiguity, up to the sum of infinite intelligence.

1853 J. Y. Simpson Homœopathy (ed. 3) ii. 14 The druggists must sell their pharmaceutical exiguities at something like a billionth or decillionth of profit.

1879 H. James Confidence (1880) xx. 210 It was one of those diminutive structures which are known at French watering-places as ‘chalets’, and, with an exiguity of furniture, are let for the season to families that pride themselves upon their powers of contraction.

2001 S. Barnett tr. F. von Schlegel On Study Greek Poetry 58 A poem of perfect style and faultless accuracy but without spirit and life would amount only to an exiguity of no value.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	exiguity
释义	exiguityn. Brit. /ˌɛksᵻˈɡjuːᵻti/, /ˌɛɡzᵻˈɡjuːᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɛɡzəˈɡjuədi/, /ˌɛksəˈɡjuədi/ Forms: 1600s exiguitie, 1600s– exiguity. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French exiguité; Latin exiguitās. Etymology: < (i) French exiguité quality or condition of being exiguous (1495 in Middle French; now exiguïté ), or its etymon (ii) classical Latin exiguitās smallness of size, condition of being small in amount or number, scantiness, shortage < exiguus (see exiguous adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). 1. a. The quality or condition of being exiguous; smallness in size or quantity; paucity of numbers; littleness, scantiness, scarcity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] littlenessOE littleheadc1350 paucity?a1425 smallness?1532 slenderness?1542 exiguity1604 fewness1617 lowness1708 slightness1747 exiguousness1888 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] littlenessOE ungreatc1275 littleheadc1350 smallnessa1398 littlelaikc1450 exiguity1604 pusillage1610 parvity1620 parvitude1652 petitenessa1676 exiguousness1727 exility1779 toydom1882 weeness1882 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] fewnesseOE paucityc1425 thinnessc1440 exility1528 smallness1544 rareness1562 infrequency1600 exiguity1604 uninfiniteness1656 scarceness1672 exiguousness1727 spareness1822 sparseness1833 sparsity1865 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness scantnessc1386 parcity1509 tenuity1535 scantiness1567 bareness1580 barrenness1587 exiguity1604 leanness1612 meagreness1622 thinness1623 jejuneness1626 macilencya1631 narrowness1647 straitnessa1704 flimsinessa1763 threadbareness1771 poorness1782 skimpiness1879 threadbarity1892 1604 W. Tooker Of Fabrique of Church iii. 32 The eye of ciuill or ecclesiasticall Iustice must bee fixed vpon the magnitude or exiguitie, vpon the greatnesse or smallnesse of mens merits. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 12 The exiguitie and smalenes of the assumed humour. 1658 J. Robinson Endoxa i. 116 Sense is..puzled at the exiguity of particular moats. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 34 Their exceeding exiguity; for certainly of all Animals they are the least. 1707 G. Parker Ephemeris 25 Johannidion the Diminitive, is much fitter for him, tho' by the by, I must advertise that the Name is fitted to the exiguity of his Understanding, and not to the Bulk of his Body. 1743 F. Walsh Antediluvian World iv. 54 Earth..being small, is also rude, and in its Exiguity there are many things superfluous. 1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 589 Astonished at the exiguity of the plats placed before him. 1873 W. D. Whitney Oriental & Ling. Stud. 242 We are disappointed at the exiguity of the results. 1948 E. de Pomiane Cooking in Ten Minutes 7 I am neither a fool nor a micromaniac (which..means a man with a passion for exiguity). 1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Nov. 51/4 In view of the slimness of his architectural portfolio and the exiguity of his teaching experience, this was an extraordinary appointment. b. In plural. Narrow, confining, or constraining conditions; constraints.Perhaps influenced by exigency n. 1b. ΚΠ 1874 A. A. Paton Henry Beyle xxv. 178 That gallery pictures do not suit the exiguities of modern apartments cannot be denied. 1899 J. K. Bangs Dreamers xii. 245 A group given over wholly, or at least as nearly wholly as the exiguities of existence would permit of a persistent and continuous devotion, to the contemplation of the beautiful. 1910 V. Hunt Wife of Altamont xvii. 125 She had reduced her weight to less than seven stone to suit the exiguities of her banana-skin, and could scarcely sit down in her suggestive costume. 1993 R. Browning War of Austrian Succession (1995) Notes 392 We still do not know whether Cumberland ordered it [sc. the square]..or whether it formed under the exiguities of the situation. 2003 Observer (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Review section) 16 As you grow used to the diary voice of Rowse, you can feel the tensions and exiguities of the era—the sound of big pennies dropping into telephone coin boxes, trains with sleeping carriages steaming into Taunton [etc.]. 2. An exiguous thing; in early use spec. a minute or microscopic organism. Also: an instance of exiguity, a very small quantity. ΚΠ 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. B2^v The Insectile Automata, (those Living-exiguities). 1701 W. Anstruther Ess., Moral & Divine i. 3 By the Assistance of the Microscope, we may Discover the Curious Mechanism, and Excellent Contexture of these Animated Exiguities. 1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. ii. 119 A gradation of intellect, from the spark which animates the most minute mortal exiguity, up to the sum of infinite intelligence. 1853 J. Y. Simpson Homœopathy (ed. 3) ii. 14 The druggists must sell their pharmaceutical exiguities at something like a billionth or decillionth of profit. 1879 H. James Confidence (1880) xx. 210 It was one of those diminutive structures which are known at French watering-places as ‘chalets’, and, with an exiguity of furniture, are let for the season to families that pride themselves upon their powers of contraction. 2001 S. Barnett tr. F. von Schlegel On Study Greek Poetry 58 A poem of perfect style and faultless accuracy but without spirit and life would amount only to an exiguity of no value. 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