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maggoty

[ mag-uh-tee ]

adjective

  1. infested with maggots, as food.
  2. Archaic. having queer notions; full of whims.
  3. Australian Slang. angry; bad-tempered.


maggoty

/ ˈmæɡətɪ /

adjective

  1. relating to, resembling, or ridden with maggots
  2. slang.
    very drunk
  3. slang.
    annoyed, angry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of maggoty1

First recorded in 1660–70; maggot + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Wise speech and good intentions—they were invariably maggoty with these secret inclinations to destroy the man in the man.

“I wonder if the blamed brutes are going to be too maggoty for our use after all,” he thought.

Although very repugnant, however, and utterly unfit for food, maggoty mushrooms are not poisonous.

They swore to starve rather than consume the maggoty provender.

Buck Moncrossen was a big man with a shrunken, maggoty soul, and no conscience.

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