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meagrer

meagrer is the comparative form of meagre.

Meaning of meagre

Adjective

meagre (comparative meagrer, superlative meagrest)

  1. (Canada, UK, common) Having little flesh; lean; thin.
    • […]meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (Canada, UK, common) Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
    • Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.
  3. (Canada, UK, common) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
  4. (Canada, UK, common) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

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Questions about meagrer

What is meagrer the comparative form of?
Meagrer is the comparative form of meagre.

Words near meagrer in the dictionary

  1. meagre
  2. meagred
  3. meagrely
  4. meagreness
  5. meagrenesses
  6. meagrer
  7. meagres
  8. meagrest
  9. meagring
  10. meagrom
  11. meagroms

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