megrim meaning (archaic): definition, etymology and quotations

megrim

noun

UK /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/

Etymology 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.

Archaic A headache; a migraine.

Archaic A fancy, a whim, a caprice.

In plural See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.

Derived terms: megrimish
Related terms: hemicrania, migraine

megrim

noun

Etymology Unknown.

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."2016, http://specimenfish.ie/irish-record-fish/marine-species/megrim-lepidorhombus-whiffiagonis/:

Synonyms: Cornish sole, sail-fluke, whiff, white sole, witch
Derived terms: four-spot megrim

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