meager

The definition of meager is something that is thin, scanty or not enough.

(adjective)

An example of meager is two mushrooms for dinner.

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See meager in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. thin; lean; emaciated
  2. of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate

Origin: ME megre < OFr megre (Fr maigre) < L macer, lean, thin < IE *makro- < base *māk-, long and thin > Gr makros, long, OE mæger, meager

Brit., etc. sp. meagre

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See meager in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also mea·gre

adjective
  1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
  2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain.
  3. Having little flesh; lean.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English megre, thin

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin macer; see māk- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • meaˈger·ly adverb
  • meaˈger·ness noun

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