maugeradj.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːɡə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔɡər/,

/ˈmɑɡər/, Caribbean English

/ˈmɔːɡa/,

/ˈmaːɡa/

Forms: U.S. regional 1700s– mauger; Jamaican 1800s– mauger, 1800s– maugre, 1900s– maaga, 1900s– maga, 1900s– marga, 1900s– mauga, 1900s– mawga, 1900s– mawgre.

Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mager.

Etymology: Perhaps < Dutch mager meagre, lean (see meagre adj.); probably showing independent borrowings in Jamaican and U.S. regional English.An alternative etymon for the Jamaican use is Portuguese magro (see meagre adj.: see F. G. Cassidy in Amer. Speech (1967) 42 192).

regional (now chiefly Caribbean). Of a person: thin, lean, skinny. Also (U.S. regional): weak, feeble, sickly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin

leanc1000

thinc1000

swonga1300

meagrea1398

empty?c1400

(as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405

macilent?a1425

rawc1425

gauntc1440

to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450

leany?a1475

swampc1480

scarrya1500

pinched1514

extenuate1528

lean-fleshed1535

carrion-lean1542

spare1548

lank1553

carrion1565

brawn-fallen1578

raw-bone1590

scraggeda1591

thin-bellied1591

rake-lean1593

bare-boned1594

forlorn1594

Lented1594

lean-looked1597

shotten herring1598

spiny1598

starved1598

thin-belly1598

raw-boned1600

larbar1603

meagry?1603

fleshless1605

scraggy1611

ballow1612

lank-leana1616

skinnya1616

hagged1616

scraggling1616

carrion-like1620

extenuated1620

thin-gutted1620

haggard1630

scrannel1638

leanisha1645

skeletontal1651

overlean1657

emaciated1665

slank1668

lathy1672

emaciate1676

nithered1691

emacerated1704

lean-looking1713

scranky1735

squinny-gut(s)1742

mauger1756

squinny1784

angular1789

etiolated1791

as thin (also lean) as a rail1795

wiry1808

slink1817

scranny1820

famine-hollowed1822

sharp featured1824

reedy1830

scrawny1833

stringy1833

lean-ribbeda1845

skeletony1852

famine-pinched1856

shelly1866

flesh-fallen1876

thinnish1884

all horn and hide1890

unfurnished1893

bone-thin1899

underweight1899

asthenic1925

skin-and-bony1935

skinny-malinky1940

skeletal1952

pencil-neck1960

1756 H. Laurens Let. 10 July in Papers (1970) II. 246 Eight more so mauger & Sickly that Verte they cant appear in the yard [of the slave-market].

?1837 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 283/1 I was quite maugre and hungry that time, quite different to what I stand now.

1890 M. Holley Samantha among Brethren 199 And though Jenette wuzn't the one to say anything, she began to look kinder pale and mauger.

1958 J. Carew Black Midas vi. 128 Me find he wandering 'bout the street of Bartica when he was twelve, and me brought he back with me lean and maugre as a stray dog.

1993 V. Headley Excess xvi. 195 How yuh nyam so much an; yuh still maaga?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mauger
释义	maugeradj. Brit. /ˈmɔːɡə/, U.S. /ˈmɔɡər/, /ˈmɑɡər/, Caribbean English /ˈmɔːɡa/, /ˈmaːɡa/ Forms: U.S. regional 1700s– mauger; Jamaican 1800s– mauger, 1800s– maugre, 1900s– maaga, 1900s– maga, 1900s– marga, 1900s– mauga, 1900s– mawga, 1900s– mawgre. Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mager. Etymology: Perhaps < Dutch mager meagre, lean (see meagre adj.); probably showing independent borrowings in Jamaican and U.S. regional English.An alternative etymon for the Jamaican use is Portuguese magro (see meagre adj.: see F. G. Cassidy in Amer. Speech (1967) 42 192). regional (now chiefly Caribbean). Of a person: thin, lean, skinny. Also (U.S. regional): weak, feeble, sickly. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin leanc1000 thinc1000 swonga1300 meagrea1398 empty?c1400 (as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405 macilent?a1425 rawc1425 gauntc1440 to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450 leany?a1475 swampc1480 scarrya1500 pinched1514 extenuate1528 lean-fleshed1535 carrion-lean1542 spare1548 lank1553 carrion1565 brawn-fallen1578 raw-bone1590 scraggeda1591 thin-bellied1591 rake-lean1593 bare-boned1594 forlorn1594 Lented1594 lean-looked1597 shotten herring1598 spiny1598 starved1598 thin-belly1598 raw-boned1600 larbar1603 meagry?1603 fleshless1605 scraggy1611 ballow1612 lank-leana1616 skinnya1616 hagged1616 scraggling1616 carrion-like1620 extenuated1620 thin-gutted1620 haggard1630 scrannel1638 leanisha1645 skeletontal1651 overlean1657 emaciated1665 slank1668 lathy1672 emaciate1676 nithered1691 emacerated1704 lean-looking1713 scranky1735 squinny-gut(s)1742 mauger1756 squinny1784 angular1789 etiolated1791 as thin (also lean) as a rail1795 wiry1808 slink1817 scranny1820 famine-hollowed1822 sharp featured1824 reedy1830 scrawny1833 stringy1833 lean-ribbeda1845 skeletony1852 famine-pinched1856 shelly1866 flesh-fallen1876 thinnish1884 all horn and hide1890 unfurnished1893 bone-thin1899 underweight1899 asthenic1925 skin-and-bony1935 skinny-malinky1940 skeletal1952 pencil-neck1960 1756 H. Laurens Let. 10 July in Papers (1970) II. 246 Eight more so mauger & Sickly that Verte they cant appear in the yard [of the slave-market]. ?1837 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 283/1 I was quite maugre and hungry that time, quite different to what I stand now. 1890 M. Holley Samantha among Brethren 199 And though Jenette wuzn't the one to say anything, she began to look kinder pale and mauger. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas vi. 128 Me find he wandering 'bout the street of Bartica when he was twelve, and me brought he back with me lean and maugre as a stray dog. 1993 V. Headley Excess xvi. 195 How yuh nyam so much an; yuh still maaga? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1756
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