From the Latin for "lean", it means deficient or barely adequate
meager ... 2. barely adequate; "a meager allowance
" [DOC] [TLE] What does meager mean - Definition of meager - Word finder [PAR] Find the word definition ... from Latin macrum (nominative macer) "lean, thin" (
source of Spanish, Portuguese, and ... 2 Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, 
quality or extent; paltry; scanty; ... barely adequate; "a meager allowance" [syn: 
scrimpy]... [DOC] [TLE] Mental Health (History) Dictionary - Andrew Roberts' Home Page [PAR] institution for lunatics: "the same meaning as in the Lunacy Acts, 1890 to 1911" 
..... strong barely controllable emotion, strong sexual feeling, and something that 
... you boil the lean of the meat one day for a solid dinner, use the stock for soup 
the ..... deficient A theological concept (used in Latin by Thomas Aquinas) of the... [DOC] [TLE] What is meagerness - Sesli Szlk [PAR] Definition of meagerness in English Turkish dictionary ... meager: Poor, deficient 
or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; ... or quality or extent; "
meager resources"; "meager fare" barely adequate; "a meager allowance ... 
maigre, from Latin macr-, macer lean; akin to Old English mger lean, Greek 
makros long.