megre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• megyre, megere, meger, megire, megir

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman megre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːɡər/, /ˈmɛːɡrə/

Adjective

megre

1. Lean, haggard; suffering the physical effects of hunger.
2. (rare) Skinny, narrow, slim; showing thinness.
3. (rare) Shriveled; dried-up.

Descendants

• English: meagre, meager
• Scots: meagre, meager (possibly borrowed from Modern English)

References

• “mēgre, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin macer.

Adjective

megre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular megre)

1. Alternative form of meigre
2. (Insular French) skinny, very slim

Descendants

• French: maigre
  • → Pinji: maigue, maigre
• → English: meager, meagre (Commonwealth), meagre
  • Jamaican Creole: mawga
  • Jamaican Creole: mawga