Megrim

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/

From Middle French migraigne, from Vulgar Latin pronunciation of Late Latin hemicrania ("pain in one half of the head"), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hemikrania), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, "hemi-, half") + κρανίον (kranion, "skull") (from whence also cranium).

Online Etymology Dictionary

Compare migraine, hemicrania.

Full definition of megrim

Noun

1. (now rare) A headache; a migraine. from 15th c.
2. (in the plural) Depression, low spirits, unhappiness. from 16th c.
3. (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice. from 16th c.
4. (in the plural) Any of various diseases of animals, especially horses, marked by a disturbance of equilibrium and abnormal gait and behaviour such as staggers or a sudden vertigo, sometimes followed by unconsciousness; the staggers. from 17th c.

Related terms

• hemicrania
• migraine

Origin unknown.

Noun

1. A type of European deep water flatfish, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis; the whiff or sail-fluke.

Anagrams

• gimmer