amok (adv.)

“run amok”是一个动词短语，记录于1670年代，源自马来语（南岛语系）的 amuk，意为“猛烈攻击”。早期该词被用作名词或形容词，意为“狂热的马来人”，最初以葡萄牙语形式 amouco 或 amuco 出现。

There are some of them [Javanese] who ... go out into the streets, and kill as many persons as they meet. ... These are called Amuco. ["The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants," c. 1516, English translation]

“有些爪哇人会走到街上，杀死他们遇到的所有人……这些人被称为 Amuco。”——《杜阿尔特·巴尔博萨之书：关于印度洋沿岸国家及其居民的描述》，约1516年，英文翻译

与 amuck 相比较。