parmacetty

English

Noun

parmacetty (plural parmacetties)

1. Obsolete spelling of parmacety.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 15”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     Lost by a whale! Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured, chewed up, crunched by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat!