SCRIMPY

meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy

(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent; “meager resources”; “meager fare”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

scrimpy (comparative scrimpier, )

scanty; meagre

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

11 June 2025

LIGHT

(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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