megrim

(grim)

noun

  1. Obsolete migraine
  2. Archaic a whim, fancy, or fad
  3. Rare low spirits; the blues

Origin: LME migreime < OFr migraine: see migraine

See megrim in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English migrem

Origin: , variant of migraine; see migraine

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