maggoty

English

Etymology

maggot +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡəti/

Adjective

maggoty (comparative more maggoty, superlative most maggoty)

(literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
(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
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

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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.

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