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Webster 1913 Edition


Megrim

Me′grim

,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zool.)
The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (
Psetta arnoglossa
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Megrim

ME'GRIM

,
Noun.
[ L. hemicrania, half the head.] Properly, a pain in the side of the head; hence, a disorder of the head; vertigo.

Definition 2024


megrim

megrim

English

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

  1. (now rare) A headache; a migraine. [from 15th c.]
  2. (in the plural) Depression, low spirits, unhappiness. [from 16th c.]
  3. (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice. [from 16th c.]
  4. (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
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Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

megrim (plural megrims)

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

References

  1. megrim” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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