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maddock

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English

Etymology

From Middle English maddok, from an unrecorded Old English form corresponding to Old Norse maðkr (whence dialectal English mawk, Danish maddike, Swedish mask), originally a diminutive of the Proto-Germanic *maþô (worm) (whence Old English maþa), equivalent to made (maggot) + -ock.

Pronunciation

Noun

maddock (plural maddocks)

  1. (obsolete) An earthworm or maggot.
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