Maggoty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmæɡəti/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Maggoty is an adjective meaning (literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
Meaning
(literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
More Meanings
- Unpleasant or bad-tempered.
- (dated) Full of whims; capricious; freakish.
Example Sentences
the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel
I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch
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?).
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.
Word Forms
- maggotier
- maggotiest
- maggotty
Synonyms for maggoty
Depending on context, synonyms include flyblown, worm-eaten, maggotish, stale.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flyblown, stale, maggotish, maggoted, blown, maggot-pated.
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