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maggotish

maggotish adjective: peculiar, strange, eccentric; full of whims or fancies.

Adjective

maggotish (comparative more maggotish, superlative most maggotish)

  1. (dated, rare) Peculiar, strange, eccentric; full of whims or fancies.
    • Early in that dragged out journeying to a tough death occurred several tense episodes, even plots against his life, until maggotish hatred of the Sanhedrin engulfed him; […]2015, T. Hoogsteen, Covenant Works: The Biblical Way
    Synonyms:
    maggoty

Synonyms of maggotish

Forms of maggotish

comparativemore maggotish
superlativemost maggotish

Origin of maggotish

From maggot + -ish.

Questions about maggotish

What does maggotish mean?
Maggotish means peculiar, strange, eccentric; full of whims or fancies.
What part of speech is maggotish?
Maggotish is an adjective.

Words near maggotish in the dictionary

  1. maggoted
  2. maggotier
  3. maggotiest
  4. maggotiness
  5. maggoting
  6. maggotish
  7. maggotless
  8. maggotlike
  9. maggotoria
  10. maggotorium
  11. maggotoriums

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