Definition of "maigre" [mai•gre]

• Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day). (adjective)
• Belonging to a fast day or fast. (adjective)
• A kind of fish; the meagre. (noun)

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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."
• "The question to be determined was, whether it was 'maigre' or 'gras'."
• "La laitière, à la traite, n'a donné qu'un lait maigre."