maggoty

English

Etymology

From maggot +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡəti/

Adjective

maggoty (comparative more maggoty, superlative most maggoty)

1. (literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
2. (obsolete) Full of whims; capricious; freakish.
   • 1694, Nicolas Rémond des Cours, unknown translator, The True Conduct of Persons of Quality:

     the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel

3. unpleasant or bad-tempered
   • 1975, Robert Lipscomb Duncan, Dragons at the Gate:

     I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch

Synonyms

• flyblown
• maggotish (obsolete)
• worm-eaten

Derived terms

• maggotiness
• maggoty-pie

Translations

infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots

• Bulgarian: червясал (bg) (červjasal)
• Dutch: wormstekig (nl)
• Galician: vermioso
• German: madig (de), wurmstichig (de)
• Irish: cruimheach, crumhógach
• Polish: robaczywy (pl)
• Russian: черви́вый (ru) (červívyj)
• Spanish: agusanado (es)
• Walloon: viereus (wa) m

References

• “maggoty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.