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megrim¹

  • /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.

noun megrims

  1. archaic A headache; a migraine.
  2. archaic A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
  3. in plural See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”). For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.

megrim²

  • /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/ UK

Where it comes from

Unknown.

noun megrims

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

    Similar: Cornish sole, sail-fluke, whiff, white sole, witch

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noun Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis

Españolgallo, gallo del norte (L. whiffiagonis)
Françaiscardine franche
Русскиймегрим megrim

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"megrim." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/megrim. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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megrim. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/megrim

Chicago

"megrim." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/megrim.

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@misc{megrim_2026,
  title = {megrim},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/megrim},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}