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parmacetty

parmacetty 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 parmacetty

pluralparmacetties

Questions about parmacetty

What is parmacetty the obsolete spelling of?
Parmacetty is the obsolete spelling of parmacety.

Words near parmacetty in the dictionary

  1. parmacellid
  2. parmacellids
  3. parmaceti
  4. parmacetis
  5. parmacetties
  6. parmacetty
  7. parmacety
  8. parmae
  9. parmak
  10. parmaks
  11. Parman

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