maggoty
Americanadjective
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infested with maggots, as food.
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Archaic. having queer notions; full of whims.
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Australian Slang. angry; bad-tempered.
adjective
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relating to, resembling, or ridden with maggots
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slang very drunk
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slang annoyed, angry
Etymology
Origin of maggoty
Example Sentences
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As snakes, cannibals and maggoty supernatural beings rattle around the frame, “Jungle Cruise” exhibits a blatantly faux exoticism that feels as flat as the forced frisson between its two leads.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021
There are other things to say about “Last Stories” before we return to the topic of maggoty love.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2014
I for one can't wait for the scene with a maggoty margherita.
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012
In and out of its ruptured, bony breast the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's ballerinas climbed like the maggoty stuffing of a decayed Thanksgiving turkey.
From Time Magazine Archive
The green was maggoty with fore shortened life.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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