Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made neither of flesh-meat nor with the gravy of flesh-meat: applied to the dishes used by Roman Catholics during Lent and on the days on which abstinence from flesh-meat is enjoined.
- Of or pertaining to a fast or fast-day.
- noun An acanthopterygian fish of the genus Sciæna, specifically S. aquila, a large and very powerful fish common in the Mediterranean and occasionally taken on the British coasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging to a fast day or fast.
- adjective (R. C. Ch.) food allowed to be eaten on fast days.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective cookery Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a
fast day). - adjective Belonging to a fast day or fast.
- noun A kind of fish; the
meagre .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large European marine food fish
Etymologies
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Examples
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The soup served was by courtesy called _soupe maigre, _ but it was in fact _soupe maigre_ diluted by many homoeopathic myriads, and the Brother showed much curiosity as to my opinion of its taste -- a curiosity which I could not satisfy without hurting his professional pride.
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The question to be determined was, whether it was 'maigre' or 'gras'.
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La laitière, à la traite, n'a donné qu'un lait maigre.
Archive 2009-06-01 Christopher 2009
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Encore, j'emmene mon portable et j'profite de leur net ... maigre consolation mais bon ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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La laitière, à la traite, n'a donné qu'un lait maigre.
Unbewitching Jeanne Favret-Saada Christopher 2009
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Expressions: maigre comme un clou = "thin as a nail" (thin as a rail) c'est un peu maigre = it's insufficient faire maigre = to abstain from meat and fatty foods
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Expressions: maigre comme un clou = "thin as a nail" (thin as a rail) c'est un peu maigre = it's insufficient faire maigre = to abstain from meat and fatty foods
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Un de mes frères était si maigre que lorsqu'il avait bu un verre de vin rouge, on le prenait pour un thermomètre.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Expressions: maigre comme un clou = "thin as a nail" (thin as a rail) c'est un peu maigre = it's insufficient faire maigre = to abstain from meat and fatty foods
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Un de mes frères était si maigre que lorsqu'il avait bu un verre de vin rouge, on le prenait pour un thermomètre.
hagendas commented on the word maigre
a. Roman Catholic, not containing meat or its juices, thus permissible on days of abstinence; (of a day) on which abstinence is enjoined.
January 9, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word maigre
Wait... maigre is a Roman Catholic who doesn't contain meat or its juices?!
January 9, 2009
reesetee commented on the word maigre
Haha!
I think that means that it's a Roman Catholic term.
January 10, 2009