meagre

Meaning

Noun

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

Adj

1. (Canada, UK, common) Having little flesh; lean; thin.
2. (Canada, UK, common) Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
3. (Canada, UK, common) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
4. (Canada, UK, common) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

Verb

To make lean.

Synonyms

meager

lean

scanty

meager

poor

thin

little

insufficient

slender

scarce

small

scant

deficient

incomplete

skinny

mean

stingy

limited

few

🤏

gaunt

dry

miserly

jejune

inadequate

lacking

spare

measly

slight

half-empty

exiguous

meagerly

scrimpy

sparse

starveling

trifling

unblessed

unenlightening

unilluminating

unsatisfactory

wanting

hard up

not much

not rich

very little

Atlantic shadefish

be scanty

not fertile

slab sided

shabby

bald

Translations

maigre

schraal

mager

magro

escaso

avare

exiguo

esiguo

dürftig

karg

scarno

mesquin

unzureichend

schmal

Adlerfisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmiːɡɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: megre

Cognate with Old English: mæġer

Cognate with Dutch: mager

Cognate with German: mager

Cognate with Icelandic: magur

In summary

From Middle French maigre.