megrim

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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 (hēmikrānía), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium).[1] Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

  1. (now rare) A headache; a migraine.
  2. (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
  3. (in the plural) See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

  1. 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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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “megrim”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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