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megrim.

A headache; a migraine.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmiːɡɹɪm/UK
  1. A headache; a migraine.

    archaic
  2. A fancy, a whim, a caprice.

    archaic
  3. See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).

    in-plural
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.

noun/ˈmiːɡɹɪm/UK
  1. A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).

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