megrim

American  

[mee-grim] / ˈmi grɪm /

noun

1. megrims, low spirits; the blues.

2. a whim or caprice.

3. migraine.

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megrim ¹ British  

/ ˈmiːɡrɪm /

noun

1. (often plural) a caprice

2. a migraine

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megrim ² British  

/ ˈmiːɡrɪm /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of megrim

1350–1400; Middle English migrame a type of headache < Middle French migraine (by misreading, in taken as m ); migraine

Example Sentences

By 1781, the French word migraine entered the English language as the accepted medical term, replacing older words such as megrim .

From Washington Post

Challenges remain in some areas, however, with tight limits imposed in the Celtic Sea to allow the recovery of haddock and megrim.

From BBC

But better news for other species resulted in proposals to sharply increase some catch quotas, including hake, herring, plaice and megrim.

From Scientific American

Elizabeth Stevenson's family firm runs a fleet of boats out of Newlyn, Cornwall and exports most of her catch of turbot, monkfish, megrim and brill to France and Spain.

From BBC

I'd have called it a kind of a megrim myself, and, as I say, I certainly perceived a sort of charnel-'ouse smell in the room I'm in.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• crotchet
• notion
• passing thought
• vagary
• whim