as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
having no sense of purpose, he was often at the mercy of the strange megrims that sprang into his head
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Recent Examples of megrim
By 1781, the French word migraine entered the English language as the accepted medical term, replacing older words such as megrim .
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Sibbie O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 10 June 2019
Sibbie O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 10 June 2019
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At the end of each task, Davies awards points based on performance and his own whims, and the winner at the end of each series gets a trophy shaped like Davies’s head.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Historically linked to meditation and traditional Japanese dining culture, today’s iterations are all about modern living needs that suit every whim—lounging while binging on the White Lotus reruns, creating a reading nook, or simply losing oneself in texts at the end of the day.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
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Both his African heritage and his new exploration of the verisimilitudes and vagaries of New York City life paint the ongoing development of The Watchman, sometimes featured as the key figure as in the monumental portrait, AH!—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Megrim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megrim. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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