maggoty

English

Etymology

maggot +‎ -y.

Adjective

maggoty (comparative more maggoty, superlative most maggoty)

(literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
(obsolete) Full of whims; capricious.

Synonyms

Derived terms

maggotiness

Translations

infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots

Dutch: wormstekig (nl)
German: madig (de), wurmstichig (de)
Irish: cruimheach, crumhógach

Spanish: agusanado (es)
Walloon: viereus (wa) m

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for maggoty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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