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maggot-pated

maggot-pated adjective: having little sense; full of whims; capricious; maggoty.

Adjective

maggot-pated (comparative more maggot-pated, superlative most maggot-pated)

  1. (obsolete) Having little sense; full of whims; capricious; maggoty.

Forms of maggot-pated

comparativemore maggot-pated
superlativemost maggot-pated
alternative formmaggotpated

Origin of maggot-pated

From maggot + pated.

Questions about maggot-pated

What does maggot-pated mean?
Maggot-pated means having little sense; full of whims; capricious; maggoty.
What part of speech is maggot-pated?
Maggot-pated is an adjective.

Words near maggot-pated in the dictionary

  1. maggot
  2. maggot bag
  3. maggot bags
  4. maggot cheese
  5. maggot therapy
  6. maggot-pated
  7. maggot-pie
  8. maggot-pies
  9. maggoted
  10. maggotier
  11. maggotiest

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