megrim
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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).[1] Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.
Noun
[edit]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”).
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]megrim (plural megrims)
- A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).
- 2016, http://specimenfish.ie/irish-record-fish/marine-species/megrim-lepidorhombus-whiffiagonis/:
- MEGRIM (LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS) […] NOTE: In Ireland,this species is often called "witch", a name that properly belongs to the craigfluke, Glyptocephalus cynaglossus, which is a right-handed flatfish. Both species are marketed as "white sole."
Synonyms
[edit]- (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis): Cornish sole, sail-fluke, whiff, white sole, witch
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus
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Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “megrim”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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