megrim
[mee-grim]
noun
Origin of megrim
1350–1400; Middle English migrame a type of headache < Middle French migraine (by misreading, in taken as m); see migraine
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Historical Examples of megrim
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 IdiotJohn Kendrick Bangs
As you refuse to hearken to the voice of common sense, and afflict yourself with a megrim, I leave you to your fate.
RossmoyneUnknown
I keep a single root for old-time sake, which it gives me a megrim to look at.
A Garden with House AttachedSarah Warner Brooks
megrim
1noun archaic
Word Origin for megrim
C14: see migraine
megrim
2noun
Word Origin for megrim
C19: of uncertain origin
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megrim
[mē′grĭm]
n.
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