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maggotty

maggotty is the alternative spelling of maggoty.

Meaning of maggoty

Adjective

maggoty (comparative more maggoty or (rare) maggotier, superlative most maggoty or (rare) maggotiest)

  1. (literally) Infested with or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
    • He pilots his disreputable father-in-law through the maggotier parts of the Big Apple, tries out unsuccessfully for a job as gorilla, pulls off an unconvincing fraud (surely Gothamites don’t hand over against an uncleared cheque?).1980, The Times Literary Supplement, London: The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 470, column 3
    Synonyms:
    flyblown, worm-eaten
  2. (dated, figuratively) Full of whims; capricious; freakish.
    • the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel1694, Nicolas Rémond des Cours, unknown translator, The True Conduct of Persons of Quality
    Synonyms:
    maggotish
  3. (derogatory, figuratively) Unpleasant or bad-tempered.
    • I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch1975, Robert Lipscomb Duncan, Dragons at the Gate

Forms of maggotty

comparativemore maggotty
superlativemost maggotty

Questions about maggotty

What is maggotty the alternative spelling of?
Maggotty is the alternative spelling of maggoty.

Words near maggotty in the dictionary

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

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