megre

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman megre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːɡər/, /ˈmɛːɡrə/

Adjective

megre

  1. Lean, haggard; suffering the physical effects of hunger.
  2. (rare) Skinny, narrow, slim; showing thinness.
  3. (rare) Shriveled; dried-up.

Descendants

  • English: meagre, meager
  • Scots: meagre, meager (possibly borrowed from Modern English)

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin macer.

Adjective

megre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular megre)

  1. Alternative form of meigre
  2. (Insular French) skinny, very slim

Descendants