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Definition of Meagre
1. Adjective. Deficient in amount or quality or extent. "Meager fare"
Attributes: Adequacy, Sufficiency
Also: Scarce, Minimal, Minimum, Deficient, Insufficient
Similar to: Bare, Scanty, Spare, Exiguous, Hand-to-mouth, Hardscrabble, Measly, Miserable, Paltry
Antonyms: Ample
Derivative terms: Meagerness, Meagreness
Definition of Meagre
1. n. A large European sciænoid fish (Sciæna umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
Definition of Meagre
1. Noun. An edible fish, ''Argyrosomus regius''. ¹
2. Adjective. Having little flesh; lean; thin. ¹
3. Adjective. Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meagre
1. meager [adj] : MEAGRELY [adv] - See also: meager
Medical Definition of Meagre
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1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. "Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones." (Shak)
2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery. "Meager soil." "Of secular habits and meager religious belief." (I. Taylor) "His education had been but meager." (Motley)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Meagre
Literary usage of Meagre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"(l2l) The messengers of Jovian meagre countenances displayed their past sufferings,
and actual misery. A email convoy of provisions advanced to meet the ..."
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