meager
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
- meagre (Commonwealth English)
[edit] Etymology
From Anglo-Norman megre, Old (and modern) French maigre, from Latin macer. Akin to Old English mæger "meager, lean", Dutch & German mager, Icelandic magr
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[edit] Adjective
meager (comparative meagerer, superlative meagerest)
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- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
- A meager piece of cake in one bite.
- 2009, Wikipedia:Cuba:
- An armed revolt defeated the meager government forces.
[edit] Synonyms
Wikisaurus has an article on “poor” in the sense of “impoverished”.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
lean
poor, deficient or inferior
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[edit] West Frisian
[edit] Adjective
meager
