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Meʹgrims

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A corruption of the Greek hemi-crania (half the skull), through the French migraine. A neuralgic affection generally confined to one brow, or to one side of the forehead: whims, fancies.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Medoro (in Orlando Furioso)
Medusa
Meerschaum
Meg
Meg Dods
Meg Merrilies (in Sir W. Scott’s Guy Mannering)
Megarian School
Megarians (The)
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