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maddock¹

  • /ˈmædək/

Where it comes from

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.

noun maddocks

  1. obsolete An earthworm or maggot.

Maddock²

Where it comes from

Anglicized form of Welsh Madog.

proper noun Maddocks · Mattuck

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

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"maddock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maddock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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maddock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/maddock

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"maddock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/maddock.

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@misc{maddock_2026,
  title = {maddock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maddock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}