exiguity (eksiguiti)

[F. exiguïté = Sp. exiguïdad = Pg. exiguidade, The comparative exiguity of the gowns led to a corresponding diminution in the quantity of material required. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XLII. 291. [= F. exigu = Sp. lium, exile: see exilel, n.] 1. To banish from a country or from a particular jurisdiction by authority, with a prohibition of return, for a limited time or for life; expatriate. And wanhope [despair] also y wole exile , For he is not of oure fraternitee. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 77. For that offence, Immediately we do exile him hence. Shak., R. and J., iii. 1. So I, exiled the circle of the court, Lose all the good gifts that in it I 'joyed. IMG:content-0893.png:[ocr errors] B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 6. Hence-2. To constrain to abandon country or home; drive to a foreign country, literally or figuratively; expel. To exile one's self, to quit one's country with the intention not to return. =Syn. Ex- pel , Exclude , etc. See banish . exile2t (ek's il), a . [ exile = It. esile , exilis , small, thin, slender, lank, contr. of * exi- gilis , equiv. to exiguus , small, etc.: see exigu- ous.] Slender; thin; fine; light. Nowe late in lande ther ayer is hoot & drie, And erthe exile or hilly drie or lene, Vynes beth best ysette to multi plie. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 188. In a virginal, when the lid is down, it maketh a more exile sound than when the lid is open. Bacon , Nat. Hist. exiledt (ek's ild), a. [ Nares . 2. Scantine ; slightne ; meagerne : as, the exiguity of a description. Jour. London Soc . Psych. Research . [Rare.] exiguous (eg-zig'u-us), a . Pg. exiguo It. esiguo , exiguus , scanty in measure or number, small, slender, lit. mea- sured, exact (cf. immense , great, huge, lit. un- measured), exigere , measure, determine, etc.: see exact , a ., and examen .] Small; slender; -ment.] Banishment. diminutive. IMG:content-0894.png:[blocks in formation] Which (to my exiled and slender learning) have made this little treatise. North bro oke, Dicing (1677).