Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mollymawk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mol-ly-mawk
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).

noun

Any of various similar seabirds, now especially an albatross of the genus Thalassarche.

Example Sentences

"She chatters, mainly to Simon, pointing out a circling mollymawk, a line of shags winging away from Maukiekie, a penguin that surfaces not far from the boat."

Etymology

Ultimately from Dutch mallemok (from malle (“foolish”)), probably influenced by German Mallemucke. Compare Japanese 信天翁(あほうどり) (ahōdori, “albatross, foolish bird”).

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: mallemok, Mallemucke

Inflected Forms

mollymawks (plural) mollemock (alternative) mollemoke (alternative) molly-mawk (alternative) malmock (alternative) mallemocke (alternative) mallemoke (alternative)

Derived Forms

molly

Phrases

black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris Campbell mollymawk

Frequently Paired Words

mollyhawk

Synonyms

albatross

Questions

What does mollymawk mean?: A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).
Where does mollymawk come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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