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Webster 1913 Edition
Maigre
Mai′gre
,Adj.
[F. See
Meager
.] Belonging to a fast day or fast;
as, a
. maigre
dayWalpole.
Maigre food
(R. C. Ch.)
, food allowed to be eaten on fast days.
Definition 2024
maigre
maigre
English
Adjective
maigre
- (cooking) Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).
- Belonging to a fast day or fast.
Noun
maigre (plural maigres)
- A kind of fish; the meagre.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin macer, macrum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛgʁ/
Adjective
maigre m, f (plural maigres)
Related terms
Noun
maigre m (plural maigres)
- meagre (fish)