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English
Pronunciation
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). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.
Noun
megrim (plural megrims)
- (now rare) A headache; a migraine.
- (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
- (in the plural) See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
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Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
megrim (plural megrims)
- A type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, the Cornish sole, sail-fluke, or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).
Derived terms
Translations
type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
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