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megrim

[ mee-grim ]

noun

  1. megrims, low spirits; the blues.
  2. a whim or caprice.


megrim

1

/ ˈ³¾¾±ËÉ¡°ùɪ³¾ /

noun

  1. often plural a caprice
  2. a migraine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

megrim

2

/ ˈ³¾¾±ËÉ¡°ùɪ³¾ /

noun

  1. a flatfish, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis, of the turbot family, having a yellowish translucent body up to 50 cm (20 in.) in length, found in European waters, and caught for food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of megrim1

1350–1400; Middle English migrame a type of headache < Middle French migraine (by misreading, in taken as m ); migraine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of megrim1

C14: see migraine

Origin of megrim2

C19: of uncertain origin
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By 1781, the French word migraine entered the English language as the accepted medical term, replacing older words such as megrim .

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Challenges remain in some areas, however, with tight limits imposed in the Celtic Sea to allow the recovery of haddock and megrim.

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But better news for other species resulted in proposals to sharply increase some catch quotas, including hake, herring, plaice and megrim.

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Elizabeth Stevenson's family firm runs a fleet of boats out of Newlyn, Cornwall and exports most of her catch of turbot, monkfish, megrim and brill to France and Spain.

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I'd have called it a kind of a megrim myself, and, as I say, I certainly perceived a sort of charnel-'ouse smell in the room I'm in.

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