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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

maggotish en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English maggot Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English maggotish From maggot + -ish.

Meanings

  1. (dated, rare) Peculiar, strange, eccentric; full of whims or fancies.
    • Early in that dragged out journeying to a tough death occurred several tense episodes, even plots against his life, until maggotish hatred of the Sanhedrin engulfed him; […] 2015, T. Hoogsteen, Covenant Works: The Biblical Way:

Forms

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more maggotish Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most maggotish Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

maggoty