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mawk

/mɔːk/

mawk noun: a maggot.

Noun

mawk (plural mawks)

  1. (obsolete except in dialects) A maggot.
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A slattern.

Forms of mawk

pluralmawks

Origin of mawk

From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“maggot”), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot- used in reference to insects and vermin. Cognate with Danish maddike, Swedish mask, archaic English maddock (modern maggot).

Words formed from mawk

Words that rhyme with mawk

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Questions about mawk

What does mawk mean?
Mawk means a maggot.
What part of speech is mawk?
Mawk is a noun.
How do you pronounce mawk?
Mawk is pronounced /mɔːk/.
What is the plural of mawk?
The plural of mawk is mawks.

Words near mawk in the dictionary

  1. Mawgan-in-Pydar
  2. Mawhinney
  3. Mawhinneys
  4. Mawhood
  5. Mawhoods
  6. mawk
  7. Mawken
  8. Mawkens
  9. mawkier
  10. mawkiest
  11. mawkin

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