Megrim

//ˈmiːɡɹɪm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A headache; a migraine. archaic
  2. 2
    A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).

    "MEGRIM (LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS)[…]NOTE: In Ireland,this species is often called "witch", a name that properly belongs to the craigfluke, Glyptocephalus cynaglossus, which is a right-handed flatfish. Both species are marketed as "white sole.""

  3. 3
    a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men wordnet
  4. 4
    A fancy, a whim, a caprice. archaic
  5. 5
    See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”). in-plural

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim."

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"For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

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