amok
Meanings
Plural: amoks
Adjective Satellite
- frenzied as if possessed by a demon
Adverb
- wildly; without self-control
- in a murderous frenzy
Adv
- Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
- In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
Noun
- One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.
- The act of running amok.
- A kind of Southeast Asian curry steamed in banana leaves that native to Cambodia.
Verb
- Synonym of run amok.
Origin / Etymology
From Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). The term first appeared in English around the 16th century, associated with the people of Malaysia and Java, first described in the 1516 text The Book of Duarte Barbosa, which was translated to English by Henry E. J. Stanley.
Synonyms
amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, murderously, possessed, run amok
Scrabble Score: 10
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