† parmacetyn.

Forms: 1500s parmacete, 1500s parmacitie, 1500s parmasitie, 1500s–1600s parmacetie, 1600s parmacety, 1600s parmacity, 1600s permaceti, 1600s permacetty, 1600s–1700s parmasity, 1600s–1800s parmaceti, 1600s–1800s parmacetty, 1600s–1800s parmacitty, 1700s parmasitty, 1800s pahmacity.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: spermaceti n.

Etymology: Variant of spermaceti n. (compare forms at that entry), with simplification of the initial consonant cluster. With the vowel of the first syllable compare also forms at sperm n.

Obsolete.

1. = spermaceti n. Also figurative. archaic and English regional in later use.poor man's parmacety: see poor man n. Compounds 2a.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > material from sperm whale

spermaceti1471

parmacety1545

head matter1747

slobgollion1851

head1874

twitter1891

1545 Rates Custome House sig. ciij Parmacete the pounde iii.s. iiii.d.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1259/2 The oile being boiled out of the head was parmasitie.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 57 The soueraignest thing on earth Was Parmacitie, for an inward bruise.

1624 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons App. 56 Metridate, Dies cordin, and permacetty of every one of them a little.

1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory i. ii. 33 Parmasitty, or Spermaceti.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Parmacitty, Sperma-ceti..now considered vulgar or antiquated.

1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy ii. 51 It is said to be a religion proposing parmaceti, or some scented salve or other, as a cure for human miseries.

2. In full parmacety whale. A sperm whale.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale)

trumpa1625

spermaceti whale1658

pot-walfish1694

parmacety1705

pot-fish1744

cachalot1747

physeter1753

sperm whale1839

sperm1840

macrocephalus1851

greyhead1859

physeteroid1876

1705 Boston News-let. 11 June 2/2 There is also come in here William Mash in a Sloop from Boston, who brought in with him a Parmaceti Whale, about 30 Foot long.

1730 S. Dale Taylor's Hist. & Antiq. Harwich App. 413 The Parmacitty-Whale or Pot-Wall-fish.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvi. 80 Chewed up, crunched by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	parmacety
释义	† parmacetyn. Forms: 1500s parmacete, 1500s parmacitie, 1500s parmasitie, 1500s–1600s parmacetie, 1600s parmacety, 1600s parmacity, 1600s permaceti, 1600s permacetty, 1600s–1700s parmasity, 1600s–1800s parmaceti, 1600s–1800s parmacetty, 1600s–1800s parmacitty, 1700s parmasitty, 1800s pahmacity. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: spermaceti n. Etymology: Variant of spermaceti n. (compare forms at that entry), with simplification of the initial consonant cluster. With the vowel of the first syllable compare also forms at sperm n. Obsolete. 1. = spermaceti n. Also figurative. archaic and English regional in later use.poor man's parmacety: see poor man n. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > material from sperm whale spermaceti1471 parmacety1545 head matter1747 slobgollion1851 head1874 twitter1891 1545 Rates Custome House sig. ciij Parmacete the pounde iii.s. iiii.d. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1259/2 The oile being boiled out of the head was parmasitie. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 57 The soueraignest thing on earth Was Parmacitie, for an inward bruise. View more context for this quotation 1624 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons App. 56 Metridate, Dies cordin, and permacetty of every one of them a little. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory i. ii. 33 Parmasitty, or Spermaceti. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Parmacitty, Sperma-ceti..now considered vulgar or antiquated. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy ii. 51 It is said to be a religion proposing parmaceti, or some scented salve or other, as a cure for human miseries. 2. In full parmacety whale. A sperm whale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale) trumpa1625 spermaceti whale1658 pot-walfish1694 parmacety1705 pot-fish1744 cachalot1747 physeter1753 sperm whale1839 sperm1840 macrocephalus1851 greyhead1859 physeteroid1876 1705 Boston News-let. 11 June 2/2 There is also come in here William Mash in a Sloop from Boston, who brought in with him a Parmaceti Whale, about 30 Foot long. 1730 S. Dale Taylor's Hist. & Antiq. Harwich App. 413 The Parmacitty-Whale or Pot-Wall-fish. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvi. 80 Chewed up, crunched by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1545
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