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Definition megrim

Etymology 1

From Middle French migraigne, from Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (h?mikr?nía), from ???- (h?mi-, “hemi-, half”) + ??????? (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also cranium). Compare migraine, hemicrania.

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

1. (now rare) A headache; a migraine. [from 15th c.]
2. (in the plural) Depression, low spirits, unhappiness. [from 16th c.]
3. (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice. [from 16th c.]
4. (in the plural) Any of various diseases of animals, especially horses, marked by a disturbance of equilibrium and abnormal gait and behaviour such as staggers or a sudden vertigo, sometimes followed by unconsciousness; the staggers. [from 17th c.]

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

1. A type of European deep water flatfish, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis; the whiff or sail-fluke.

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