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macies

Pronunciation: [ˈma.ki.eːs]

“macies” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. leanness, thinness, meagerness
  2. poverty

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”), + -iēs.

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