measly flesh

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• measly — /mee zlee/, adj., measlier, measliest. 1. Informal. a. contemptibly small, meager, or slight: They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day s work. b. wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory: a measly performance. 2. infected with measles, as an… …   Universalium

• measly miserable paltry — Meager Mea ger, Meagre Mea gre, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro s long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• measly — /ˈmizli / (say meezlee) adjective (measlier, measliest) 1. infected with measles, as an animal or its flesh. 2. relating to or resembling measles. 3. (of beef or pork) infected with cysts or tapeworms of the genus Taenia. 4. Colloquial wretchedly …  

• exiguous — Meager Mea ger, Meagre Mea gre, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro s long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hardscrabble marginal — Meager Mea ger, Meagre Mea gre, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro s long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Meager — Mea ger, Meagre Mea gre, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro s long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager were his …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Meagre — Meager Mea ger, Meagre Mea gre, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro s long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Financial history of the Dutch Republic — describes the history of the interrelated development of financial institutions in the Dutch Republic. The rapid economic development of the country after the Dutch Revolt in the years 1585 1620, described in Economic History of the Netherlands… …   Wikipedia

• meager — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spare, scanty, sparse, poor; lean, gaunt. See insufficiency, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Thin] Syn. lank, lanky, gaunt, starved, emaciated, lean, bony, slender, slim, spare, little,… …   English dictionary for students

• spare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. be lenient; save; refrain, abstain, forbear, withhold; exempt; give up, surrender, forgo, relinquish. See leniency, exemption, store, relinquishment.Ant. condemn, keep. adj. lean, gaunt, bony;… …   English dictionary for students

• thin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slender, lean, narrow (see narrowness); watery, weak, di luted; attenuated; faint, dim, threadlike; fine, delicate; poor, lame (as an excuse); flimsy, sheer, filmy. See rarity, weakness,… …   English dictionary for students