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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
meagre /ˈmiːɡə(r)/ (US meager)

▶adjective

1 lacking in quantity or quality.

2 (of a person or animal) lean; thin.

– derivatives
meagrely adverb,
meagreness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. maigre, from L. macer.

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