adj. (US meager) 1 lacking in amount or quality (a meagre salary). 2 (of literary composition, ideas, etc.) lacking fullness, unsatisfying. 3 (of a person or animal) lean, thin. meagrely adv. meagreness n.
[ ME f. AF megre, OF maigre f. L macer ]
MEAGRE
Meaning of MEAGRE in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012