MAIGRE

maigre, maiger, Sciaena aquila

(noun) large European marine food fish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

maigre (not comparable)

(cookery) Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).

Belonging to a fast day or fast.

Noun

maigre (plural maigres)

A kind of fish; the meagre.

Anagrams

• Margie, gamier, imager, mirage

Source: Wiktionary


Mai"gre, a. Etym: [F. See Meager.]

Definition: Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day. Walpole. Maigre food (R. C. Ch.), food allowed to be eaten on fast days.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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