maigre

American  

[mey-ger, me-gr^uh] / ˈmeɪ gər, ˈmɛ grə /

adjective

1. containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.

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maigre British  

/ ˈmeɪɡə /

adjective

1. not containing flesh, and so permissible as food on days of religious abstinence

   maigre food

2. of or designating such a day

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Etymology

Origin of maigre

From French, dating back to 1675–85; meager

Example Sentences

They eat alone in their cells, excepting on Sundays; each one's maigre meal is passed by a lay brother from the cloister through a little turn into his cell.

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I cannot describe what every one felt at beholding the skeleton which the doctor’s debilitated frame exhibited when he stripped; the Canadians simultaneously exclaimed, ‘Ah! que nous sommes maigres!’

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French bourgeoisie dined maigre on Fridays, and German ones sat out long Protestant sermons in their pews on Sundays.

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At the sight the Canadians all cried out at once, "Ah! que nous sommes maigres!"

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Outside the Sabot Royal a party of French grenadiers, lean and hungry-looking after their poor fare of soupe maigre, are watching one of their number cook the sprats he has spitted on his sword.

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