Exiguities

/ɪɡˌzɪɡˈjuːɪtiz/ noun

Definition

Plural of exiguity; instances or conditions of being very small, meager, or scanty.

Etymology

Plural form of exiguity, from Latin exiguitas meaning 'smallness' or 'scantiness,' rooted in exiguus 'small, meager.' The Latin root may be related to exigere, suggesting something driven down or reduced.

Kelly Says

This word captures the poetry of scarcity — not just 'small amounts' but the actual quality of meagerness itself, as if smallness were an entity you could point to.

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