What is another word for maigre?

Pronunciation: [mˈe͡ɪɡə] (IPA)

Maigre is a French word that means thin or lean. It is often used to describe food that is low in fat or has few calories. Some synonyms for maigre include skinny, slender, lean, gaunt, and scrawny. These words are often used to describe people who are thin or underweight. Other synonyms for maigre include meager, sparse, thin, and inadequate. These words are often used to describe something that is lacking in quantity or quality. Maigre can also be used in a religious context to describe a period of fasting or abstaining from meat. In this context, synonyms include abstinent, ascetic, and penitent.

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What are the hypernyms for Maigre?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Maigre

You could not have a better opportunity of seeing France; and perhaps before long we shall be at loggerheads again, when no Englishman will be able to set foot in the country except as a prisoner; therefore go, and come back to us when you have got tired of frogs' legs and soup maigre.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
The small number of the rich, financiers, prelates, principal magistrates, great lords, and great ladies who condescend to have maigre served at their tables, fast during six weeks on soles, salmon, turbots, sturgeons, etc.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
Toujours perdrix may sate in the long-run, but perpetually to faire maigre is attended with even greater discomfort.
"The Dop Doctor"
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

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