"maddock" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmædək/ Forms: maddocks [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|maddok}} Middle English maddok, {{inh|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|non|maðkr}} maðkr, {{m|en|mawk}} mawk, {{m|da|maddike}} maddike, {{m|sv|mask}} mask, {{der|en|gem-pro|*maþô||worm}} Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”), {{m|ang|maþa}} maþa, {{suffix|en|made|ock|t1=maggot}} made (“maggot”) + -ock Head templates: {{en-noun}} maddock (plural maddocks)
  1. (obsolete) An earthworm or maggot. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Annelids, Dipterans

Inflected forms

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