meagre
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle French maigre.
NounEdit
meagre (plural meagres)
- Argyrosomus regius, an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.
- 1986, A. Wysokiński, The Living Marine Resources of the Southeast Atlantic, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 178, page 48,
- Among more valuable species some of them are worth mentioning, especially littoral forms as: meagres and other croakers (Sciaenidae), grunters (Pomadasyidae), threadfins (Polynemidae), groupers (Serranidae), snappers (Lutjanidae) […] .
- 2008, Arturo Morales-Muñes, Eufrasia Roselló-Izquierdo, 11: Twenty Thousand Years of Fishing in the Strait, Torben C. Rick, Jon M. Erlandson (editors), Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective, page 261,
- It is striking that these represent meagres (Argyrosomus regius), a species never mentioned in classical texts.
- 2011, John S. Lucas, Paul C. Southgate, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants, unnumbered page,
- Meagres (Argyrosomus regius, 230 cm, 103 kg) have been raised mainly in Spain, France and Italy.
- 1986, A. Wysokiński, The Living Marine Resources of the Southeast Atlantic, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 178, page 48,
SynonymsEdit
- (Argyrosomus regius): salmon-basse, shade-fish, stone basse
HypernymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Argyrosomus regius
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Further readingEdit
Argyrosomus regius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Argyrosomus regius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Argyrosomus regius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English megre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognate with Old English mæġer (“meagre, lean”), Dutch mager (“lean”), German mager (“lean”), Icelandic magur (“lean”)..
Alternative formsEdit
- meager (US)
AdjectiveEdit
meagre (comparative meagrer, superlative meagrest)
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 1, 1843, William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer (notes), Charles Symmons (life), The Dramatic Works and Poems, Volume 2, page 462,
- […] meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 1, 1843, William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer (notes), Charles Symmons (life), The Dramatic Works and Poems, Volume 2, page 462,
- Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.
- He was given a meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite.
- Synonyms: paltry, scanty, inadequate
- 1871, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History, Volume 1, page 144,
- His education had been but meagre.
- (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Having little flesh; lean; thin.
Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying
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VerbEdit
meagre (third-person singular simple present meagres, present participle meagring, simple past and past participle meagred)
- (transitive) To make lean.
- 1862, Robert Thomas Wilson, Herbert Randolph (editor), Life of General Sir Robert Wilson, page 275,
- I am meagred to a skeleton; my nose is broiled to flaming heat, and I am suffering the greatest inconvenience from the loss of my baggage which I fear the enemy have taken with my servant at Konigsberg.
- 1862, Robert Thomas Wilson, Herbert Randolph (editor), Life of General Sir Robert Wilson, page 275,