megrim
Plural: megrims
Noun
- A migraine headache; also, a fancy or whim.
- a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
- A headache; a migraine.
- A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
- See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
- A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).
Examples
- After three hours of Scrabble, he developed a MEGRIM, a real headache.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
hemicrania, migraine, sick headache, Cornish sole, sail-fluke, whiff, white sole, witch
Scrabble Score: 11
megrim: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmegrim: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
megrim: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary