soupe maigre

noun

A soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

OriginFrench soupe maigre →
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Meanings

noun

alternative soupe-maigre · alternative soup meagre

  1. cookingA soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

    I now recollect that all my distemper was returning upon me with irresistible violence—and that in spite of water-gruel and soupe-maigre.

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter DXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC
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    Nay, perceiving that he was extremely penurious in his house-keeping, he spoilt many a pot of excellent soup maigre, by slily conveying into it handfuls of salt or soot […].

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchsoupe maigre
  2. Englishsoupe maigre

From French soupe maigre.

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