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maddock

/ˈmædək/

maddock noun: an earthworm or maggot.

Noun

maddock (plural maddocks)

  1. (obsolete) An earthworm or maggot.

Proper noun capitalized: Maddock

Maddock (countable and uncountable, plural Maddocks)

  1. A surname from Welsh.
  2. A city in Benson County, North Dakota, United States.

Forms of maddock

Noun
pluralmaddocks
Proper noun
pluralMaddocks
alternative formMattuck

Origin of maddock

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.

Anglicized form of Welsh Madog.

Questions about maddock

What does maddock mean?
Maddock means an earthworm or maggot.
What part of speech is maddock?
Maddock can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce maddock?
Maddock is pronounced /ˈmædək/.
What is the plural of maddock?
The plural of maddock is maddocks.

Words near maddock in the dictionary

  1. Maddixes
  2. maddle
  3. maddled
  4. maddles
  5. maddling
  6. maddock
  7. maddocks
  8. maddoctor
  9. maddoctors
  10. maddog
  11. maddogs

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