Meaning of MEAGER
| Pronunciation: | | 'meegur
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- [adj] deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
- [adj] barely adequate; "a meager allowance"
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| | Synonyms: | | bare(a), exiguous, hand-to-mouth(a), hardscrabble, marginal, meagerly, meagre, measly, miserable, paltry, scanty, scrimpy, spare, stingy, ungenerous |
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| | See Also: | | deficient, insufficient, scarce | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. ?
long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.]
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.'' --Dryden.
Of secular habits and meager religious belief. --I.
Taylor.
His education had been but meager. --Motley.
3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
\Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t.
To make lean. [Obs.]
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