megrim
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrānía), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium).[1] Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.
Noun[edit]
megrim (plural megrims)
- (now rare) A headache; a migraine. [from 15th c.]
- (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice. [from 16th c.]
- (in the plural) See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Unknown.
Noun[edit]
megrim (plural megrims)
- A type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, the Cornish sole, sail-fluke, or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).
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Translations[edit]
type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus
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Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “megrim”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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