mawkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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 古期英語 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).

発音

• IPA^(key): /mɔːk/
• 韻: -ɔːk

名詞

mawk (複数形 mawks)

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

派生語

• mawkish
• mawky

Further reading

• [Francis Grose] (1788), “Mawkes”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], OCLC 1179630700.