exiguity
/ɛɡziˈɡjuiti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing."
- "Of the nature of Mr. Knott himself Watt remained in particular ignorance. Of the many excellent reasons for this, two seemed to Watt to merit mention: on the one hand the exiguity of the material propounded to his senses, and on the other the decay of these."
- "We have yet to treat the exiguity of the accounting framework and this exiguity draws away the interest to any empirical utilisation."
- "However, despite its exiguity, the vicarage did maintain an independent existence as a benefice, and the College continued to make presentations to the bishop of Worcester."
- "Some undertakings, however, required so much manpower that farmers had to recruit their neighbors. […] These collaborations integrated the neighborhood and established it as more than a mere locality where farmers happened to live. They were one means by which to rise above exiguities and weather the turbulences in a precarious world."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: exiguite, exiguitas
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɛɡziˈɡjuiti/
- British English: /ɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti/