megrim
Americannoun
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(often plural) a caprice
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a migraine
noun
Etymology
Origin of megrim
1350–1400; Middle English migrame a type of headache < Middle French migraine (by misreading, in taken as m ); see migraine
Example Sentences
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"As you refuse to hearken to the voice of common sense, and afflict yourself with a megrim, I leave you to your fate."
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
The least depression such as comes with headaches, megrim, or moodiness may have the worst effect, or even make their use quite impossible.
From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard
Bartley Fallon: And a sort of a megrim in my head, the same as a sheep would get a fit of staggers in a field.
From New Irish Comedies by Gregory, Lady
And intellectually, it would seem to be the result of a bad quarter of an hour of the author: a megrim of the soul.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard
Among others are these words: chapellin', chanch, coxy, corchey, dawnin', fettle, franzy, gell, megrim, nattering, nesh, overrun, queechy, plash.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
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