- megrim⇄expr. megrims,
a. morbid low spirits; attack of the blues.
Ex. suffering from a mountainous attack of the mental megrims (John Moyes).
b. the staggers in animals.
Ex. The poor mare was suddenly seized with megrims (Peter Hawker) - megrim⇄megrim (1), noun.
1. migraine.
2. (Figurative.) a passing fancy; whim; caprice.
Ex. It was a pity she should take such megrims into her head (George Eliot). The hamlet ... has no patience with urban megrims (J. W. R. Scott). - megrim⇄megrim (2), noun.
a kind of European flounder with large scales.