megrim

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/ === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== hemicrania migraine === Etymology 2 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== megrim (plural megrims) A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis). ===== Synonyms ===== (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis): Cornish sole, sail-fluke, whiff, white sole, witch ===== Derived terms ===== four-spot megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii) ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === gimmer, Grimme