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

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:megrim.

Related terms

• hemicrania
• migraine

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).

Anagrams

• gimmer