maddock

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/ˈmædək/

noun

An earthworm or maggot.

OriginMiddle English maddok ← Proto-Germanic *maþô →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

maddock1

nounmaddock (plural maddocks)

plural maddocks

  1. obsoleteAn earthworm or maggot.

Maddock2

proper nounMaddock (countable and uncountable, plural Maddocks)

plural Maddocks · alternative Mattuck

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

Origin

maddock · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*maþô“worm”
  2. Middle Englishmaddok
  3. Englishmaddock

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.

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Maddock · proper noun

  1. WelshMadog
  2. EnglishMaddock

Anglicized form of Welsh Madog.

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Cite this entry
APA

maddock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maddock

MLA

“maddock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maddock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maddock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maddock.

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