Maddock

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

Middle English maddock, from an unrecorded Old English form corresponding to Old Norse maðkr (dialectal English mawk, Danish madike, Swedish mask), originally a diminutive of the Germanic base *maða- ‘worm’ (Old English maþa)

Pronunciation

IPA: /'madək/

Noun

maddock (obsolete)

1. an earthworm, a maggot