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单词 mayock
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mayockn.

Forms: 1600s mayock, 1600s mayok.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by blending. Or perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: make n.1, peacock n.; make n.1, -ock suffix.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a blend of make n.1 and peacock n. with loss of medial consonant, or perhaps < make n.1 + -ock suffix with similar loss of medial consonant. Perhaps compare meacock n.
Scottish. Obsolete.
The mate of a peacock. Cf. make n.1 2.
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1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (Wreittonn) 22 in Poems (1910) 72 The painted pawn with Argoes eyes Can on his mayock cal.
1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie vi. 72 Balthyock Where many peacock cals upon his mayok.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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