megrim
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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).[1] Compare migraine, hemicrania.
Noun
megrim (plural megrims)
- (now rare) A headache; a migraine. [from 15th c.]
- (in the plural) Depression, low spirits, unhappiness. [from 16th c.]
- (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice. [from 16th c.]
- (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.]
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Related terms
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
megrim (plural megrims)