soupe maigre

See also: soupe-maigre

English

Alternative forms

• soupe-maigre, soup meagre

Etymology

From French soupe maigre.

Noun

soupe maigre

1. (cooking) A soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter DXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     I now recollect that all my distemper was returning upon me with irresistible violence—and that in spite of water-gruel and soupe-maigre.

   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     Nay, perceiving that he was extremely penurious in his house-keeping, he spoilt many a pot of excellent soup maigre, by slily conveying into it handfuls of salt or soot […] .