megrim

English

Pronunciation

• 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 (hēmikrānía), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

1. (now rare) A headache; a migraine. [from 15th c.]
2. (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice. [from 16th c.]
3. (in the plural) See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.

Related terms

• hemicrania
• migraine

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

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

Translations

type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: patarača f

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Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis

• Bulgarian: мегрим m (megrim)
• Catalan: bruixa (ca) f
• Faroese: glaskvoysa f
• Finnish: lasikampela
• French: cardine franche f
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• Galician: rapante (gl)
• Hungarian: nyelvhal
• Russian: мегрим (megrim)
• Serbo-Croatian: patarača oštronoska f
• Spanish: gallo (es) m, gallo del norte m (L. whiffiagonis)

Derived terms

• four-spot megrim ()

Anagrams

• gimmer