Maggoty
//ˈmæɡəti// adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown. literally
"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?)."
- 2 Full of whims; capricious; freakish. dated
"the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel"
- 3 Unpleasant or bad-tempered.
"I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch"
Adjective
- 1 spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies wordnet
Example
More examples"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?)."
Etymology
From maggot + -y.
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