maggoty

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maggoty

  • /ˈmæɡəti/

Where it comes from

From maggot + -y.

adjective more maggoty · maggotier · most maggoty · maggotiest · maggotty · magotty

  1. 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?).

    Similar: flyblown, worm-eaten

  2. dated, figuratively Full of whims; capricious; freakish. the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel

    Similar: maggotish

  3. derogatory, figuratively Unpleasant or bad-tempered. I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch

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adj infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots

Españolagusanado
Deutschmadig, wurmstichig
Русскийчерви́вый červívyj

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@misc{maggoty_2026,
  title = {maggoty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maggoty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}