| meagre | 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. "Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones." (Shak) 2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery. "Meager soil." "Of secular habits and meager religious belief." (I. Taylor) "His education had been but meager." (Motley) 3. <chemical> Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. Synonym: Thin, lean, lank, gaunt, starved, hungry, poor, emaciated, scanty, barren. Origin: OE. Merge, F. Maigre, L. Macer; akin to D. & G. Mager, Icel. Magr, and prob. To Gr. Long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre. <zoology> A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. Aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. Alternative forms: maigre. Origin: F. Maigre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| meagre | deficient in amount or quality or extent |
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| meagre | to a meager degree or in a meager manner |
| meagre | the quality of being meager |
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