exiguity
(ɛksɪˈgjuːɪtɪ)
[ad. L. exiguitās, f. exiguus: see exiguous.]
The quality or condition of being exiguous; scantiness in measure; smallness in size or quantity, littleness.
| 1623–6 in Cockeram. 1658 J. Robinson Eudoxa i. 116 Sense is..puzled at the exiguity of particular moats. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. i. 34 Their exceeding exiguity; for certainly of all Animals they are the least. 1846 Blackw. Mag. LX. 589 Astonished at the exiguity of the plats placed before him. 1873 Whitney Orient. Stud. 242 We are disappointed at the exiguity of the results. |
| concr. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. Pref. 8 The Insectile automata (those living exiguities). |