MEGRIM

migraine, megrim, sick headache, hemicrania

(noun) a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

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

Anagrams

• gimmer

Source: Wiktionary

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Me"grim, n. Etym: [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania, Migraine.]

1. A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head.

2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits. These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies. Ford.

3. pl. (Far.)

Definition: A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. Youatt.

Me"grim, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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