maigre
1 of 2adjective
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 2noun
mai·gre
"
variants or maiger or less commonly meagre
-gə(r)
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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