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

As a rule, ordinary cookery-books have the one exception of what is called soup maigre.

From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.

Panem et circenses; soup that shall not be too maigre; and a seat at the Porte St. Martin that shall not be too dear.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

To dress it maigre, put cream instead of broth, and an onion with a clove stuck in it, which you take out when you serve the spinach.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

It is good for you to be put upon maigre fare, for once.

From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Housman, Laurence