megre
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Anglo-Norman megre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmegre
- Lean, haggard; suffering the physical effects of hunger.
- (rare) Skinny, narrow, slim; showing thinness.
- (rare) Shriveled; dried-up.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “mēgre, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.
Old French
editEtymology
editAdjective
editmegre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular megre)
Descendants
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