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noun
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(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
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Amok
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
3.
run/go amok. amuck (def. 3).
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Example Sentences
- But more is needed to understand and significantly treat self-destructive behavior run amok.
- Hmm, political correctness run amok even though all our president was stating were facts.
- It is tempting to view the latest violence as an example of such activism run amok.
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Word Origin & History
amok
in phrase to run amok first recorded 1670s, from Malay amuk "attacking furiously." Earlier the word was used as a noun or adj. meaning "a frenzied Malay," originally in the Port. form amouco or amuco.
EXPAND"There are some of them [the Javanese] who ... go out into the streets, and kill as many persons as they meet. ... These are called Amuco." ["The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants," c.1516, Eng. transl.]Cf. amuck.
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