maddock
See also: Maddock
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English maddoc, from an unrecorded (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English form corresponding to Old Norse maðkr (whence dialectal English mawk, Danish madike, Swedish mask), originally a diminutive of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (whence Old English maþa), equivalent to made (“maggot”) + -ock.
Pronunciation
Noun
maddock (plural maddocks)
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