mallemaroking
The act of carousing on icebound Greenland whaling shipsThe act of carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
/ˌmæləməˈɹoʊkɪŋ/
Meaning
1 senses(historical, uncountable)The act of carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
Origin
Generally considered to derive from Dutch, although a specific etymon is unclear. CenturyGenerally considered to derive from Dutch, although a specific etymon is unclear. Century and some other old dictionaries derive it from a confusion of two similar Dutch words, namely *mallemerok (“foolish woman”) (from malle (“foolish”) + *marok, from French marotte (“jester's sceptre”)) and *mallemok (“sailor of a whaling vessel”), but the first of those words is not attested, and the second is not attested with the claimed meaning (but see mollymawk). Compare mallemolen.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable