megrim
See megrimsSee megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
Meaning
4 senses(in the plural)See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
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A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).
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(archaic)A headache; a migraine.
(archaic)A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
- a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (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.
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Forms
plural: megrimsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men:migrainesick headachehemicrania