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soup meagre

soup meagre is the alternative spelling of soupe maigre.

Meaning of soupe maigre

Noun

soupe maigre

  1. A soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
    • I now recollect that all my distemper was returning upon me with irresistible violence—and that in spite of water-gruel and soupe-maigre.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter DXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...

Questions about soup meagre

What is soup meagre the alternative spelling of?
Soup meagre is the alternative spelling of soupe maigre.

Words near soup meagre in the dictionary

  1. soup dumplings
  2. soup joumou
  3. soup kitchen
  4. soup kitchens
  5. soup mandel
  6. soup meagre
  7. soup number five
  8. soup run
  9. soup runs
  10. soup sandwich
  11. soup sandwiches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soup meagre (page history and authors); soupe maigre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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