maigre

1 of 2

adjective

mai·​gre

ˈmāgrə,

F māgr(ᵊ) or meeg- or -g(rə)

1

: being a day on which the eating of flesh is forbidden by the Roman Catholic Church

2

: constituting a food that contains no flesh nor juices of flesh and so may be eaten on maigre days

maigre

2 of 2

noun

mai·​gre

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variants or maiger

-gə(r)

or less commonly meagre

ˈmēgə(r)

plural maigres

-grəz,

F -gr(ᵊ) or -g(rə)

or maigers

-gə(r)z

1

: a large European marine food fish (Sciaena aquila)

2

: a member of the percoid family Sciaenidae : croaker sense 2, drum sense 5

called also bar

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

French, maigre, meager, from Middle French

Noun

French maigre, from Middle French, perhaps from maigre, adjective

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