• Maddock

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈmadÉ™k/

    Origin

    From Middle English maddoc, from an unrecorded Old English form corresponding to Old Norse maðkr (whence dialectal English mawk, Danish madike, Swedish mask), originally a diminutive of the Proto-Germanic *maþô ("worm") (whence Old English maþa), equivalent to made("maggot") + -ock.

    Full definition of maddock

    Noun

    maddock

    (plural maddocks)
    1. (obsolete) an earthworm, a maggot
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