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a·mok / əˈmək; əˈmäk/ (also a·muck) • adv. (in phrase run amok) behave uncontrollably and disruptively: stone-throwing anarchists running amok | fig. her feelings seemed to be running amok. ORIGIN: mid 17th cent.: via Portuguese amouco, from Malay amok ‘rushing in a frenzy.’ Early use was as a noun denoting a Malay in a homicidal frenzy; the adverb use dates from the late 17th cent. |
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"amok." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "amok." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-amok.html "amok." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-amok.html |
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amok in the phrase run amok, behave uncontrollably and disruptively. The word comes (in the mid 17th century) from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amok ‘rushing in a frenzy’. Early use was as a noun denoting a Malay in a homicidal frenzy; the adverb use dates from the late 17th century.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "amok." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "amok." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-amok.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "amok." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-amok.html |
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Amok , in the Bible, post-Exilic Jewish family. |
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"Amok." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Amok." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Amok.html "Amok." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Amok.html |
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•manioc • Antioch • sjambok
•gemsbok • rhebok • steenbok
•springbok • grysbok • Lombok
•Zadok • Languedoc
•burdock, Murdoch
•hollyhock • forehock • spatchcock
•blackcock • Hancock • petcock
•haycock • gamecock
•Leacock, peacock, seacock
•Hickok • Hitchcock • poppycock
•stopcock • gorcock
•Alcock, ballcock
•monocoque • woodcock • shuttlecock
•moorcock • weathercock
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"amok." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "amok." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-amok.html "amok." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-amok.html |
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