Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An edible fish, Argyrosomus regius.
- adj. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- adj. Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A large European sciænoid fish (Sciæna umbra or Sciæna aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent
Etymologies
- From Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“These descriptions shew that the wealth and fertility of the country were praised before its beauty, and that this was only referred to in short, meagre phrases, which tell less about it than any raptures without special knowledge.”
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
“As the time was Lent, we had fare that they called meagre: fish from the Vienne water, below the town, and eggs cooked in divers fashions, all to the point of excellence, for the wine and fare of Chinon are famous in”
“The percentage of blacks in top management positions increased by a "meagre" 9.5 percent between 2000 and 2006.”
“The state's "meagre" salary offer provided for a raise of R100”
“The NUM, which is demanding a 25 per cent increase, described the offer as "meagre".”
“It described industry retrenchment packages as "meagre" and urged that mines be compelled to establish special funds for retrenched workers.”
“Lt-Gen Johan le Roux were "meagre," the CP said in a statement in Pretoria on Monday.”
“Nairobi were stranded when without warning, the pilots stopped work, demanding an increase in what they termed "meagre" monthly salaries and allowances.”
“Adding to the uncertainty, key Crucell shareholder Van Herk, which holds a 10.02 percent stake, has called the offer price "meagre" and has not said whether it will tender its shares.”
“Mr Jeyaretnam said the Government support, in terms of Medisave top-ups, was "meagre" compared to how other advanced countries provide for the less well-off.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘meagre’.
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important
shamanism, consol, sanguine, iffy, affinity, concatenation, honed, innumberable, aiden, inexorable, vet, suss and 176 more...
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Whatever Works (2009)
Words from 2009 'Whatever Works' film.
fault, racket, unto, flaw, fallacious, notion, decent, embalm, filch, delusion, delusions of gran..., grandeur and 135 more...
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vivek's list
flibbertigibbet, droll, reticence, prelude, erinaceous, brinkmanship, depone, inaniloquent, limerance, pronk, onomatopoeia, oxymoron and 385 more...
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vocab
hard word word 4 strong vocab
ostracize, importune, impute, scintillate, mulct, deprecate, procrastinate, rusticate, vegetate, expiate, emulate, gesticulate and 345 more...
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Venus In Furs
disinter, subjugate, sober down, domineering, wantonly, coquettish, cossack, maxim, pasha, anvil, hoarfrost, carpathian and 51 more...
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Ecstatic Love and More
Phrases and words from Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy
self-loathing, self-delusion, pulp romantic fic..., stiffie, wahrm n arl, shtumm, fervently, fuss and palaver, meagre, earmarking, savoir faire, puerile and 2 more...
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Awaydays (2009)
Words from a 2009 'Awaydays' film.
catch up, beaut, swill, ponce, buck, bevvy, la, divvy, baddie, noose, deffo, mooch around and 36 more...
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must employ on more frequent occasions
These words I know, I just haven't used them in a while. Time to bring them back into vogue.
questionable, mishap, hectic, prone, departure, retrieve, elsewhere, insurmountable, distraught, immeasurable, potent, ravenous and 83 more...
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disenelo's Words
habiliment, kudos, monotheistic, gargantuan, trappings, dishabille, amalgamating, pulchritudinous, jezebelian, secluded, ignoramus, pugnacious and 30 more...
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Worthy Words
ALL
lapped it up, tunnel vision, jejune, beblubbered, sassy, ghettoize, eldritch, palatable, pathos, bijou, titch, patsy and 32 more...
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