maggoty

[ mag-uh-tee ]

/ ˈmæg ə ti /

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adjective

infested with maggots, as food.

Archaic. having queer notions; full of whims.

Australian Slang. angry; bad-tempered.

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Origin of maggoty

First recorded in 1660–70; maggot + -y¹

Words nearby maggoty

magfilm, maggid, Maggie, Maggiore, maggot, maggoty, maghemite, Magherafelt, Maghreb, Maghrebi, Magi

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How to use maggoty in a sentence

Wise speech and good intentions—they were invariably maggoty with these secret inclinations to destroy the man in the man.
Aaron's Rod|D. H. Lawrence
“I wonder if the blamed brutes are going to be too maggoty for our use after all,” he thought.
The Wind Before the Dawn|Dell H. Munger
Although very repugnant, however, and utterly unfit for food, maggoty mushrooms are not poisonous.
Mushrooms: how to grow them|William Falconer
They swore to starve rather than consume the maggoty provender.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847|Various

Buck Moncrossen was a big man with a shrunken, maggoty soul, and no conscience.
The Promise|James B. Hendryx

British Dictionary definitions for maggoty

maggoty

/ (ˈmæɡətɪ) /

adjective

relating to, resembling, or ridden with maggots

slang very drunk

Australian slang annoyed, angry

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