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soupe maigre

soupe maigre noun: a soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

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, […]...
    • Nay, perceiving that he was extremely penurious in his house-keeping, he spoilt many a pot of excellent soup maigre, by slily conveying into it handfuls of salt or soot […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of soupe maigre

alternative formsoupe-maigre
alternative formsoup meagre

Origin of soupe maigre

From French soupe maigre.

Questions about soupe maigre

What does soupe maigre mean?
Soupe maigre means a soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
What part of speech is soupe maigre?
Soupe maigre is a noun.

Words near soupe maigre in the dictionary

  1. soupbowls
  2. soupbowlsful
  3. soupcon
  4. soupcons
  5. soupe du jour
  6. soupe maigre
  7. soupe-maigre
  8. souped
  9. souped up
  10. souped-up
  11. souper

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