Meager Definition

mēgər
adjective
meagerer, meagerest
Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
American Heritage
Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble.
The meager soil of an eroded plain.
American Heritage
Thin; lean; emaciated.
Webster's New World
Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate.
Webster's New World
verb

To make lean.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Meager

Adjective

Base Form:
meager
Comparative:
meagerer
Superlative:
meagerest

Origin of Meager

  • From Middle English megre, from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Akin, through the Indo-European root, to Old English mæġer (“meager, lean"), Dutch, German mager, Old Norse magr whence the Icelandic magur.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English megre thin from Old French from Latin macer māk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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