maddock

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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)

  1. (obsolete) an earthworm, a maggot