All 3 Uses of
meager
in
Leaves of Grass
- 6
It is not upon you alone the dark patches fall,
The dark threw its patches down upon me also,
The best I had done seem'd to me blank and suspicious,
My great thoughts as I supposed them, were they not in reality meagre?†Chpt 8 *meagre = lacking in quantity or qualityunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use meager.
- Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone
Not meagre, latent boughs alone, O songs!†Chpt 34
- Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone
Not meagre, latent boughs alone, O songs!†Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(1)
(meager) lacking in quantity or quality
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, meager can describe someone as very thin.