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Amuckʹ

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To run amuck. To talk or write on a subject of which you are wholly ignorant; to run foul of. The Malays, under the influence of opium, become so excited that they sometimes rush forth with daggers, yelling “Amoq! amoq!” (Kill ! kill !), and fall foul of any one they chance to meet.

“Satire’s my weapon, but Iʹm too discreet

To run amuck and tilt at all I meet.”


Pope: Satires, i. 69–70.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Amphigouri
Amphion
Amphitrite (either 3 or 4 syl.)
Amphitryon
Amphrysian Prophetess (Amphrysia Vatēs)
Ampoulle (Sainte)
Amram’s Son
Amri
Amrita
Amsanctus
Amuck
Amulet
Amundeville
Amyclæan Brothers (The)
Amyclæan Silence
Amyris plays the fool
Amys and Amylion
Anabaptists
Anabaptists
Anacharsis
Anaclethra

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