meagreness
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Meagreness — Meagerness Mea ger*ness, Meagreness Mea gre*ness, n. The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness. Syn: meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meagreness — mea·ger·ness || miËgÉ™(r)nɪs n. poorness; scantiness; condition of being insufficient (also meagreness) … English contemporary dictionary
meagreness — meagre (US meager) ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking in quantity or quality. 2) lean; thin. DERIVATIVES meagreness noun. ORIGIN Old French maigre, from Latin macer … English terms dictionary
meagreness — n. 1. Leanness, thinness, spareness. 2. Poorness, barrenness, sterility. 3. Scantiness, barrenness, smallness … New dictionary of synonyms
meagreness — See: meagre … English dictionary
meagreness — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • Derivationally related f … Useful english dictionary
Meagerness — Mea ger*ness, Meagreness Mea gre*ness, n. The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness. Syn: meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thinness — n. 1. Slenderness, slimness, meagreness, leanness, gauntness, emaciation, lankness. 2. Meagreness, poorness, slenderness. 3. Tenuity, fineness, slenderness, delicacy, exiguity. 4. Tenuity, rareness. 5. Rarity, rareness, tenuity, subtilty,… … New dictionary of synonyms
exiguity — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness • Derivationally relat … Useful english dictionary
leanness — noun 1. the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • D … Useful english dictionary
