maggoty en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmæɡəti/
Etymology
From maggot + -y.
Meanings
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(literally) Infested with or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
He pilots his disreputable father-in-law through the maggotier parts of the Big Apple, tries out unsuccessfully for a job as gorilla, pulls off an unconvincing fraud (surely Gothamites don’t hand over against an uncleared cheque?).
1980, The Times Literary Supplement, London: The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 470, column 3:
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(dated, figuratively) Full of whims; capricious; freakish.
the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel
1694, Nicolas Rémond des Cours, unknown translator, The True Conduct of Persons of Quality:In the book, what holds the sketchy characters, the narrative chunks, and the ideas together is West's maggoty wit—positioning himself halfway between contempt and fear, clinging to literary sophistication as if it were the Mother Church.
1975, Pauline Kael, The Day of the Locust:
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(derogatory, figuratively) Unpleasant or bad-tempered.
I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch
1975, Robert Lipscomb Duncan, Dragons at the Gate:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| maggotiest | Degree=Sup | rare | lexicographic |
| maggotty | alternative | lexicographic | |
| maggotier | Degree=Cmp | rare | lexicographic |
| more maggoty | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most maggoty | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| magotty | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
maggoty bay bean · maggotiness · maggoty-pie
Synonyms
flyblown · worm-eaten · maggotish
Translations (12)
ru черви́вый (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · pl robaczywy (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · ga crumhógach (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · wa viereus (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · ga cruimheach (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · bg червясал (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · de madig (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · es agusanado (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · de wurmstichig (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · nl wormstekig (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · gl vermioso (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots) · unm ukwehasi (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots)