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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One of his lampoons had almost cost him a procession at the cart's tail; nor did he either spare friend or foe, if the megrim of abuse once seized him.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Theophilus Cibber
I'll be all right to-morrow, and I'll enjoy to-morrow all the more for to-day's megrim.
From The Inventions of the Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs
In a few minutes he found that he was a little dizzy, and, supposing this megrim to be occasioned by the heat of the room, he took another draught of water to recover himself.
From The Voyage of Captain Popanilla by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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 Richard Burton
"Mother has a megrim," she said; "she is in her chamber."
From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Robert Hugh Benson
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