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maggotry

maggotry noun: an utter absurdity; folly.

Noun

maggotry (countable and uncountable, plural maggotries)

  1. An utter absurdity; folly.
    • The funds financials, which were sterling, said nothing about the operation risk embedded inside these individual members of the hedge fund maggotry.2006 Fall, Whalen, “Wall Street's Derivatives Casino”, in The International Economy, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2012, page 49

Forms of maggotry

pluralmaggotries

Origin of maggotry

From maggot + -ry, from maggot (“a whim”).

Questions about maggotry

What does maggotry mean?
Maggotry means an utter absurdity; folly.
What part of speech is maggotry?
Maggotry is a noun.
What is the plural of maggotry?
The plural of maggotry is maggotries.

Words near maggotry in the dictionary

  1. maggotoriums
  2. maggotpated
  3. maggotpie
  4. maggotpies
  5. maggotries
  6. maggotry
  7. maggots
  8. maggotty
  9. maggoty
  10. maggoty bay bean
  11. maggoty-pie

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