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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--exiguous This week's theme: a medley of words. exiguous (ig-ZIG-yoo-uhs) adjective Scanty; small; slender. [From Latin exiguus (scanty), from exigere (to measure or to demand). Ultimately from Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw) that's also the fount of such words as act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, and ambassador.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org) "Like most two-door cars, there are really only two seats. Sure, there are a couple of exiguous rear chairs, fine for children and for those adults of a masochistic disposition." Gavin Green; The Ford Puma Coupe; International Herald Tribune (Paris, France); Sep 12, 1997. X-Bonus Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. -James Baldwin, writer (1924-1987)

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