EXIGUITY

meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity

(noun) the quality of being meager; “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes”-George Eliot

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

exiguity (usually uncountable, plural exiguities)

The quality of being meagre or scanty.

Synonyms: exiguousness, meagreness, scantiness

Source: Wiktionary

Ex`i*gu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguité.]

Definition: Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition