mawk
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“maggot”), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot- used in reference to insects and vermin. Cognate with Danish maddike, Swedish mask, archaic English maddock (modern maggot).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /mɔːk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːk
Noun
[edit]mawk (plural mawks)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- [Francis Grose] (1788) “Mawkes”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
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