Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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megrim \MEE-grim\, noun:
megrim \MEE-grim\, noun:
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1. A migraine.
1. A migraine.
2. A fancy; a whim.
3. In the plural: lowness of spirits -- often with 'the'.
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The B.O. gives me a case of the megrims!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Megrim is from Middle English migrem, from Middle French migraine, modification of Late Latin hemicrania, "pain in one side of the head," from Greek hemikrania, from hemi-, "half" + kranion, "skull."
Megrim is from Middle English migrem, from Middle French migraine, modification of Late Latin hemicrania, "pain in one side of the head," from Greek hemikrania, from hemi-, "half" + kranion, "skull."
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