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parmaceti

parmaceti is the obsolete spelling of parmacety.

Meaning of parmacety

Noun

parmacety (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) Spermaceti.
  2. (no plural, obsolete) A sperm whale.
    • "Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured, chewed up, crunched by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat!--ah, ah!"1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 16”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of parmaceti

pluralparmacetis

Questions about parmaceti

What is parmaceti the obsolete spelling of?
Parmaceti is the obsolete spelling of parmacety.

Words near parmaceti in the dictionary

  1. Parma violets
  2. parma wallabies
  3. parma wallaby
  4. parmacellid
  5. parmacellids
  6. parmaceti
  7. parmacetis
  8. parmacetties
  9. parmacetty
  10. parmacety
  11. parmae

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