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maggoty

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mag·got  (mgt)
n.
1. The legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of any of various flies of the order Diptera, often found in decaying matter.
2. Slang A despicable person.
3. An extravagant notion; a whim.

[Middle English magot, perhaps alteration of mathek, maddokk, perhaps from Old English matha.]

maggot·y adj.

maggoty [ˈmægətɪ]
adj
1. relating to, resembling, or ridden with maggots
2. Slang very drunk
3. Austral slang annoyed, angry
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.maggoty - spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"
stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
Translations
maggoty [ˈmægətɪ] ADJagusanado, lleno de gusanos
maggoty
adjmadig; the cheese has gone all maggotyder Käse wimmelt von Maden
maggoty [ˈmægətɪ] adjbacato/a, con i vermi
maggoty [ˈmægətɪ] adjbacato/a, con i vermi


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It is my own crust of bread that I eat; and though that crust is but a poor one, and sometimes actually a maggoty one, it has at least been EARNED, and therefore, is being put to a right and lawful use.
But,' he says, 'go up to ours and they are all rotten and maggoty.
 
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