Etymology

mollymawk

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Today it means: A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Full definition →

Dutch mallemok ← German Mallemucke
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  1. German · derived fromMallemucke
  2. Dutch · derived frommallemok
  3. English todaymollymawk

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”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.