Megrim was an archaic term for a migraine; a fancy, a whim; a freak; or a caprice.
Megrims in the plural was a word used to refer to the blues; a state of depression.
A megrim is also a species of flatfish, a member of the sole family, caught off the Cornish coast but largely sent to Spain because we haven’t yet acquired the taste for it in this country..
Wow! A migraine, depression, a fish??? Amazing!
ReplyDeleteToday's word of the day through dictionary.com is flibbertigibbet. Do you know that one? It sounds English!
Been there, done that Shabby Girl - flibbertigibbet is one of my favourite words!
ReplyDeleteI find that fish a rather fitting image for a depression, actually...!
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