amok

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

amok BrE [əˈmɒk] NAmE [əˈmɑːk] adverb
Idiom: ↑run amok

Word Origin:
[amok] mid 17th cent.: via Portuguese amouco, from Malay amok ‘rushing in a frenzy’. Early use was as a noun denoting a Malay in a homicidal frenzy; the adverb use dates from the late 17th cent.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p), murderously