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Added 10 October 2026

megrim

/ˈmiːɡɹɪm/ noun

Latin root: hēmicrānia Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about megrim at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A headache; a migraine. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).

noun

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

Origin

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.

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