mawk
mawk · mawks
A maggotA maggot.
/mɔːk/
Значення
значень: 2A maggot.
(Британія, діалектне, застаріле)A slattern.
Походження
From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“mFrom 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).
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