meager
English
/ˈmiɡɚ/, /ˈmiːɡə/
adj
Definitions
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English megre derived from megre derived from Old French maigre derived from Latin macer (lean, meagre, thin, meager, poor, meager poor) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mh₂ḱros
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- comeager English
- meagerly English
- meagerness English
- Macrinus Latin
- maceo Latin
- macer Latin
- macies Latin
- macies, maciēs Latin
- macresco Latin
- macrior Latin
- macritas Latin
- macritudo Latin
- macrum Latin
- Magersucht German
- abmagern German
- mager German
- broodmager Dutch, Flemish
- mager Dutch, Flemish
- magro Spanish, Castilian
- μακρός Ancient Greek
- *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₂ḱros Proto-Indo-European
- mager Norwegian Bokmål
- utmagret Norwegian Bokmål
- *magraz Proto-Germanic
- mæger Old English
- megre Middle English
- magr Old Norse
- mager Danish
- spektakelmager Danish
- maigre Old French
- magur Icelandic
- mager Middle Dutch
- magar Old High German
- mér Old Irish
- maer Afrikaans
- meager Western Frisian
- *māger Old Frisian
- megre xno
- maghær Old Danish
- maga Jamaican Creole
- mawga Jamaican Creole