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; see origin at meager

Example Sentences

Straight Bourbon was too much for his republican stomach, and there were other unpleasant things about France�"a strange country made up of dirt and gilding, good cheer and soupe maigre, bedbugs and laces."

From Time Magazine Archive

C'était maigre, pour un prince du sang, et pour un simple particulier aussi bien.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine

Wouff!" she announced to me—"No anxiety there—an Anglaise—not appetizing—not a fausse maigre like us, as thin as a hairpin!

From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor

Give him a soupe maigre, a little sallad, and a hind quarter of a frog, and he's in spirits.—"Fal, lai, lai, vive le roy, vive la bagatelle."

From A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 by Thurston, Katherine Cecil

One day, by mistake, the soup happened to be gras instead of maigre, and, after she had swallowed a large plateful, I was malicious enough to express my regrets at the mistake.

From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore