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Word of the Day – Megrim

By December 8, 2018Word of the Day

Megrim (noun)

mee-grim

(archaic) Depression, low spirits.

A whim or fancy.

Late Middle English, variant of migraine

Example sentences

“He had the megrims and there was no cheering him up.”

“He had to move cities and relocate on the megrim of his employers.”

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