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macer meaning in English

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macer [macra -um, macrior -or -us, macerrimus -a -um] adjective

thin (men, animals, plants), scraggy, lean, small, meageradjectiveJohn is very thin. = Didymus valde macer est.

thin (soil), pooradjectiveJohn is very thin. = Didymus valde macer est.

macer, gracilis adjective

skinny [skinnier, skinniest](thin)
adjective
[UK: ˈskɪ.ni] [US: ˈskɪ.ni]

macer, tenuis, gracilis adjective

thin [thinner, thinnest](having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt)
adjective
[UK: θɪn] [US: ˈθɪn]

macero [macerare, maceravi, maceratus] (1st)
verb

make wet / soft, soak / steep / batheverb

soften [softened, softening, softens]verb
[UK: ˈsɒf.n̩] [US: ˈsɒf.n̩]

wear down, exhaustverb

worry, annoy / vexverb

maceria [maceriae] (1st) F
noun

esp. one enclosing a gardennoun

wall (of brick / stone)noun
[UK: wɔːl] [US: ˈwɒl]

maceries [maceriei] (5th) F
noun

esp. one enclosing a gardennoun

wall (of brick / stone)noun
[UK: wɔːl] [US: ˈwɒl]

commacero [commacerare, commaceravi, commaceratus] (1st) TRANS
verb

macerate, soften by steeping in liquidverb

commaceratio [commacerationis] (3rd) F
noun

dissolution, maceration, steeping to softennoun