MEAGRENESS

meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity

(noun) the quality of being meager; “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes”-George Eliot

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

meagreness (countable and uncountable, plural meagrenesses)

(British) The state of being meagre.

Anagrams

• meagerness

Source: Wiktionary


Mea"ger*ness, Mea"gre*ness, n.

Definition: The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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