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# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} A [[headache]]; a [[migraine]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}} |
# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} A [[headache]]; a [[migraine]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}} |
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# {{lb|en|in the plural}} [[depression|Depression]], low spirits, [[unhappiness]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} [[depression|Depression]], low spirits, [[unhappiness]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
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#* '''1766''', George Colman & David Garrick, ''The Clandestine Marriage'', Act iv, Scene 2. |
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#*: Thou art properly my cephalick ſnuff, and art no bad medicine againſt '''megrims''', vertigoes, and profound thinking{{...}} |
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# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} A fancy, a whim, a caprice. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} A fancy, a whim, a caprice. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
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# {{lb|en|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]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}} |
# {{lb|en|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]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}} |
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Revision as of 19:28, 8 January 2017
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French migraigne, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrānía), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (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.]
- 1766, George Colman & David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act iv, Scene 2.
- Thou art properly my cephalick ſnuff, and art no bad medicine againſt megrims, vertigoes, and profound thinking […]
- 1766, George Colman & David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act iv, Scene 2.
- (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.]
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:megrim#Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL.|Citations:megrim]].
Related terms
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
megrim (plural megrims)
- A type of European deep water flatfish, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis; the whiff or sail-fluke.
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “megrim”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.