In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
amuck, amok, berserk
(adjective) wildly frenzied and out of control; “the soldier was completely amuck”; “berserk with grief”; “a berserk worker smashing windows”
amok, amuck, murderously
(adverb) in a murderous frenzy; “rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones”
amok, amuck
(adverb) wildly; without self-control; “when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
amuck (not comparable)
In a frantic or frenzied and violent manner; in a confused, jumbled or uncontrolled state.
• Mauck
Source: Wiktionary
A*muck", a. & adv. Etym: [Malay amoq furious.]
Definition: In a frenzied and reckless. To run amuck, to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.