soupe maigre
See also: soupe-maigre
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French soupe maigre.
Noun
soupe maigre
- (cooking) A soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
- 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; […], →OCLC:
- I now recollect that all my distemper was returning upon me with irresistible violence—and that in spite of water-gruel and soupe-maigre.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- 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 […] .