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|/'mad�k/
Noun
en-noun
- obsolete an earthworm, a maggot
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