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meagre(dictionary)

meagre (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: maigre, from Latin macer 'thin']
a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need
::a meagre diet of bread and beans
meagre income/earnings/wages etc
::He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.
::a school with meagre resources
-- meagrely adv
-- meagreness n [U]