Exiguous

Exiguous (pronounced ig-zig-yoo-uhs or ik-sig-yoo-uhs)

Scanty; meagre; small; slender.

1645–1655: From the Latin exiguus (small, petty, paltry, scanty in measure or number (feminine exigua; neuter exiguum)), from exigere (to drive out, take out & to weigh out; to finish; to measure against a standard), the construct being exig(ere ) + -uus (the deverbal adjectival suffix).  The construct of exigere was ex- (out) + agere (to set in motion, drive, drive forward; to do; to perform) from the primitive Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw out or forth, move), a root extraordinarily productive in English, forming all or part of: act; action; active; actor; actual; actuary; actuate; agency; agenda; agent; agile; agitation; agony; ambagious; ambassador; ambiguous; anagogical; antagonize; apagoge; assay; Auriga; auto-da-fe; axiom; cache; castigate; coagulate; cogent; cogitation; counteract; demagogue; embassy; epact; essay; exact; exacta; examine; exigency; exiguous; fumigation; glucagon; hypnagogic; interact; intransigent; isagoge; litigate; litigation; mitigate; mystagogue; navigate; objurgate; pedagogue; plutogogue; prodigal; protagonist; purge; react; redact; retroactive; squat; strategy; synagogue; transact; transaction & variegate.

Exiguous fashion: Recent landmarks in clothes for warmer climates

2010 Christina Hendricks at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

2012 Anja Rubik at the Met Gala.

2013 Jaimie Alexander.

2013 Jessica Simpson at the MTV Awards.

2014 Emily Blunt.

2014 Paris Hilton at her 33rd birthday party.

2015 Alessandra Ambrosio.

2015 Amanda Cerny at the MTV Awards.

2015 Ariel Winter at the SAG Awards.

2015 Britney Spears at the MTV Awards.

2015 Gigi Hadid at the Cannes Film Festival.

2015 Gloria Govan at the premiere of The Wedding Ringer.

2015 Kendall Jenner at the Met Gala 2015.

2015 Lily Aldridge at the MTV Awards.

2015 Lindsay Lohan at the premiere of Liz & Dick.

2015 Nazanin Boniardi at the Emmy Awards.

2015 Nicky Hilton at the Versace Autumn Winter Show.

2015 Nicole Trunfio at the ELLE Awards.

2015 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at the Met Gala.

2015 Salma Hayek at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

2015 Gigi Hadid at the Academy Awards.

2016 Alesha Dixon at the Bafta Awards.

2016 Alessandra Ambrosio at Malibu Beach.

2016 Amber Rose.

2016 Ashley Graham at the Vanity Fair Academy Awards Party.

2016 Bella Hadid at the Grammy Awards.

2016 Charlize Theron at the Academy Awards.

2016 Charlotte Mckinney in Las Vegas.

2016 Dayane Mello at the Venice Film Festival.

2016 Emily Ratajkowski.

2016 Giulia Salemie at the Venice Film Festival.

2016 Hannah Ferguson at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue launch.

2016 Kara Del Toro at the premiere of Undrafted.

2016 Karlie Kloss at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2016 Kendall Jenner at the Cannes Film Festival.

2016 Manika at the Grammy Awards.

2016 Margot Robbie at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2016 Miranda Kerr at the Vanity Fair Academy Awards Party.

2016 Bella Hadid at the Cannes Film Festival.  Thus far, the dress of the twenty-first century.

2016 Rita Ora at the MTV Awards.  The dress of the century re-imagined.

2017 Allana Ferguson at the NSWRL Awards.

2017 Demi Rose.

2017 Kendall Jenner at the Met Gala.

2017 Lady Gaga.

2017 Nicki Minaj.

2017 Rose Byrne at the Met Gala.

2018 Alexis Skyy.

2018 Ariel Winter at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

2018 Charlotte McKinney.

2018 Elsa Hosk at the Vanity Fair Academy Award Party.

2018 Halsey at the amFAR Gala.

2018 Jennifer Lawrence.

2018 Jennifer Lopez.

2019 Emily Ratajkowski at the Tony Awards.

2019 Kim Kardsahian.

2019 Taylor Mega at the Venice Film Festival.

2020 Lauren Goodger.

2021 Lindsey Pelas.

2021 Anna Paul.

2021 Becky G at the E! People's Choice Awards.

2021 Bella Hadid at the Cannes Film Festival.

2021 Demi Ros.

2021 Dixie D'Amelio at the MTV Awards.

2021 Kate Hudson at the Venice Film Festival.

2021 Margarita Smith.

2021 Maya Henry at Paris Fashion Week.

2021 Megan Fox at the Met Gala.

2021 Olivia Rodrigo.

2021 Saweetie at the MTV Awards.

2021 Zoe Kravitz at the Met Gala.

2022 Anna McEvoy at Melbourne Fashion Week.

2022 Elsa Hosk at the Vanity Fair Academy Awards Party.

2022 Halsey at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.

2022 Heidi Klum at the Vanity Fair Academy Awards Party.

2022 Janelle Monae at the Vanity Fair Academy Awards Party.

2022 Jenna Dewan at the Vanity Fair Party.

2022 Kristen Wiig at the Critics Choice Awards.