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megrim

[ mee-grim ]
/ ˈmi grɪm /
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noun

megrims, low spirits; the blues.
a whim or caprice.
migraine.

Words related to megrim

blues, vertigo, melancholy, unhappiness

Words nearby megrim

meglumine, mego, megohm, megohmmeter, megophthalmus, megrim, megrims, meh, mehemet ali, mehitzah, mehndi

Origin of megrim

1350–1400; Middle English migrame a type of headache < Middle French migraine (by misreading, in taken as m); see migraine
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for megrim

  • As you refuse to hearken to the voice of common sense, and afflict yourself with a megrim, I leave you to your fate.

    Rossmoyne|Unknown

  • I'll be all right to-morrow, and I'll enjoy to-morrow all the more for to-day's megrim.

    The Inventions of the Idiot|John Kendrick Bangs

  • I keep a single root for old-time sake, which it gives me a megrim to look at.

    A Garden with House Attached|Sarah Warner Brooks

British Dictionary definitions for megrim (1 of 2)

megrim1
/ (ˈmiːɡrɪm) /

noun archaic

(often plural) a caprice
a migraine

Word Origin for megrim

C14: see migraine

British Dictionary definitions for megrim (2 of 2)

megrim2
/ (ˈmiːɡrɪm) /

noun

a flatfish, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis, of the turbot family, having a yellowish translucent body up to 50 cm (20 in.) in length, found in European waters, and caught for food

Word Origin for megrim

C19: of uncertain origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for megrim

megrim
[ mē′grĭm ]

n.

migraine
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