Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa . 2012.
amok — [ amɔk ] n. m. • 1830 faire amok; 1648 amoque; malais amuk ♦ Forme de folie homicide observée chez les Malais; individu qui en est atteint. « l amok dès qu il a vu le sang couler, n épargnera personne » (Fauconnier). ● amok nom masculin (anglais… … Encyclopédie Universelle
amok — [17] Amok is Malayan in origin, where it is an adjective, amoq, meaning ‘fighting frenziedly’. Its first brief brush with English actually came in the early 16th century, via Portuguese, which had adopted it as a noun, amouco, signifying a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
amok — (adv.) in verbal phrase run amok first recorded 1670s, from Malay amuk attacking furiously. Earlier the word was used as a noun or adjective meaning a frenzied Malay, originally in the Portuguese form amouco or amuco. There are some of them [the… … Etymology dictionary
amok — [ə mɒk] (also amuck) adverb (in phr. run amok) behave uncontrollably and disruptively. Origin C17: via Port. amouco, from Malay amok rushing in a frenzy … English new terms dictionary
amoucado — adj. 1. Um tanto mouco. 2. Um tanto amouco … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
amok — [17] Amok is Malayan in origin, where it is an adjective, amoq, meaning ‘fighting frenziedly’. Its first brief brush with English actually came in the early 16th century, via Portuguese, which had adopted it as a noun, amouco, signifying a… … Word origins
