megrim

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Usually in the plural - depression, low spirits, unhappiness
A type of European deep water flatfish
A fancy, a whim, a freak, a caprice
Usually 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
A migraine
{n} a painful giddiness in the head
{i} low spirits, blues; acute headache, migraine
A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy
in the plural, lowness of spirits
The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa)
a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp
A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head
megrims
Any of various diseases of animals, especially horses. (More at megrim.)
megrims
plural form of megrim
megrims
Depression, low spirits, unhappiness. (Usually as "the megrims".)
megrims
plural of megrim
megrims
{i} blues, state of depression
megrims
a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
megrim

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    me·grim

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    Etymology

    () Late 14th century Middle English megrim, from 13th century Old French migraigne, from Vulgar Latin pronunciation of Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hemikrania), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kranion, “skull”) (from whence also cranium).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Cognate to migraine, which is an 18th century re-spelling (following French) and hemicrania (direct borrowing from Latin).
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