Definition of Meagrest

1. Adjective. (superlative of meagre) ¹

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Definition of Meagrest

1. meagre [adj] - See also: meagre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meagrest

meads
meadsweet
meadwort
meady
meager
meagerer
meagerest
meagerly
meagerness
meagernesses
meagre
meagrely
meagreness
meagrer
meagres
meagrest (current term)
meagry
meak
meaks
meal
meal-tide
meal-tides
meal plan
meal ticket
meal tickets
meal worm
mealberry
mealed
mealer
mealers

Literary usage of Meagrest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Red Triangle Girl in France (1918)
"So here I am with only the meagrest excuse for being here, and feeling a bit as though I were imposing on the hospital, but withal having a most wonderful ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"There is the meagrest possible reference to American insects, and the way is therefore open to one of our own entomologists to follow ..."

3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"To appreciate fully his originative power one must understand the disadvantages under which he worked. His technical training was of the meagrest kind, ..."

4. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... certainly much younger, than 1050-1150. Godric (d. 1170) is more lo Hlt point. His verses are but the meagrest scraps, but they show rhyme and metre. ..."

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