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parmacety

parmacety noun: spermaceti.

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 parmacety

alternative formparmacetty
alternative formparmaceti

Origin of parmacety

Variant form of spermaceti.

Questions about parmacety

What does parmacety mean?
Parmacety means spermaceti.
What part of speech is parmacety?
Parmacety is a noun.

Words near parmacety in the dictionary

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

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