English

megrim

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  1. (archaic) A headache; a migraine.
  2. (archaic) A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
  3. (in-plural) See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmiːɡɹɪm/
Etymology

Cognate with English
English
cranium
In summary

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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