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
   • In the book, what holds the sketchy characters, the narrative chunks, and the ideas together is West's maggoty wit—positioning himself halfway between contempt and fear, clinging to literary sophistication as if it were the Mother Church.1975, Pauline Kael, The Day of the Locust

   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