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.
