maggoty

mag·got·y

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [mag-uh-tee]
- /ˈmæg ə ti/
- /ˈmæ.ɡə.ti/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mag-uh-tee]
- /ˈmæg ə ti/

Definitions of maggoty word

adjective maggoty infested with maggots, as food. 1
adjective maggoty Archaic. having queer notions; full of whims. 1
adjective maggoty Australian Slang. angry; bad-tempered. 1
noun maggoty (literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown. 1
adjective maggoty relating to, resembling, or ridden with maggots 0
adjective maggoty very drunk 0

See all 8 definitions of maggoty

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Origin of maggoty

First appearance:

before 1660

One of the 46% oldest English words

First recorded in 1660-70; maggot + -y1

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Parts of speech for Maggoty

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Maggoty

maggoty popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for maggoty

adjective maggoty

flyblown — covered with flyblows: flyblown meat.
wormy — containing a worm or worms; contaminated with worms.
infested — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
worm-eaten — eaten into or gnawed by worms.
festering — Present participle of fester.

All 5 Synonyms of maggoty