Definitions for maigre

maigre mai·gre

Spelling: [mey-ger; French me-gr
IPA: /ˈmeɪ gər; French ˈmɛ grə/

Maigre is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in maigre (aegimr).

Definitions for maigre

adjective

  1. containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.

Origin of maigre

From French, dating back to 1675-85; See origin at meager

Examples for maigre

Merimee says of George Sand that he has known her "maigre comme un clou et noire comme une taupe."

The question to be determined was, whether it was 'maigre' or 'gras'.

For though the day was Friday, the soup was very far from maigre.

Panem et circenses; soup that shall not be too maigre; and a seat at the Porte St. Martin that shall not be too dear.

For a maigre dish use fillets of fish, truffles, mushrooms, and Bechamel sauce (No. 3).

For a maigre dish use forcemeat of fish or lobster, and more cream instead of stock.

This is a very relishing sauce for roast pork, poultry, geese, or ducks; or green pease on maigre days.

A handsome specimen of the maigre (Sciæna aquila) caught off Yarmouth.

Word Value for maigre
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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