maddock

See also: Maddock

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmadək/

Noun

maddock (plural maddocks)

  1. (obsolete) an earthworm, a maggot
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