parmacety

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant form of spermaceti.

Noun

parmacety (plural not attested)

  1. (obsolete) Spermaceti.
  2. (obsolete) A sperm whale.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
      "Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured, chewed up, crunched by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat!--ah, ah!"
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