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(mē'grĭm) pronunciation
n.
  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).

[Middle English migrem, variant of migraine. See migraine.]


Oxford Food & Nutrition Dictionary:

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Flat fish, the British smooth sole or scaldfish, Psetta arnoglossa.

Roget's Thesaurus:

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noun

    An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind: bee, boutade, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, notion, vagary, whim, whimsy. Idioms: bee in one's bonnet. See thoughts.

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migraine, vertigo; whim, pl.: low spirits
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IN BRIEF: n. - A state of depression.

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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:

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Pigeon fanciers’ name for salmonellosis caused by Salmonella typhimurium.

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American Heritage Dictionary The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more
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