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Maddock

//ˈmædək// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Welsh. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A city in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    An earthworm or maggot. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Anglicized form of Welsh Madog.

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