maddock
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
maddock (plural maddocks)
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