MEAGER
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{ Mea"ger, Mea"gre } (?), a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.]
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1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
Shak.
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2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of ample. [wns=1] [Narrower terms: exiguous] [Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower terms: measly, miserable, paltry] “Meager soil.” Dryden.
Syn. -- meagre, meagerly, scanty.
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Of secular habits and meager religious belief.
I. Taylor.
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His education had been but meager.
Motley.
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3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
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4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from a larger supply. [wns=2]
Syn. -- scrimpy, skimpy, skimping.
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Syn. -- Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren.
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{ Mea"ger, Mea"gre }, v. t. To make lean. [Obs.]
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