meager
[ mee-ger ]
/ ˈmi gər /
adjective
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger.
Also
especially British,
mea·gre.
Origin of meager
1300–50; Middle English
megre < Old French
maigre < Latin
macer lean
OTHER WORDS FROM meager
mea·ger·ly, adverb mea·ger·ness, nounWords nearby meager
meadowlark,
meadows's syndrome,
meadowsweet,
meads,
meadville,
meager,
meagre,
meal,
meal moth,
meal ticket,
mealie