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megrim

noun
/ˈmiːɡɹɪm/UK

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ
  2. derived from hēmicrānia
  3. borrowed from migraigne

Definitions

  1. A headache

    A headache; a migraine.

  2. A fancy, a whim, a caprice.

  3. See megrims (“depression

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

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean

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

The neighborhood

Derived

megrimish

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for megrim. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA