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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