megrim

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The man came, prescribed for a megrim, and Alexander did not call him again; nor did he mention his mother's condition to the rest of the family.

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  1. noun See migraine.
  2. noun A caprice or fancy. Often used in the plural.
  3. noun Depression or unhappiness: "If these megrims are the effect of Love, thank Heaven, I never knew what it was” (Samuel Richardson).

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  • The megrim is a sign that the Men of the Ships are about and then the Confraternity must be particularly watchful. —  Analog October, 1966
  • Then he said to Tansman, "And why are you traveling when the moons are full Tansman said, "When I set out, I didn't know there was danger of the megrim, and by the time I learned, it was easier to go on than to go back. —  Analog October, 1966
  • If we tried curing the megrim, we'd have the Questrymen down on us in no time. —  Analog October, 1966
  • For obvious reasons —their relative positions, and the possibility of an accidently betrayed ignorance—Tansman hadn't discussed the situation with him, but it was clearly evident that Garth was unprepared for the megrim to strike and that he was scared to death of catching it himself. —  Analog October, 1966
  • The least depression such as comes with headaches, megrim, or moodiness may have the worst effect, or even make their use quite impossible. —  How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst]
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English migrem, variant of migraine; see migraine.

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  1. Early modern English also meagrim, meagrom; from Middle English migrim, migreyme, migrene, mygreyn, a corruption of migraine, mygraine, from Old French migraine, French migraine (later G. Danish migräne = Swedish migrän) = Spanish migraña = Italian magrana, emigrania, from Latin hemicranium, from Greek ἡμικρανία, a pain in one side of the head, from ἡμι-, half, + κρανίον, head, cranium: see hemicrania.
 

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