Mawky
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation [mɔːki] · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mawky is an adjective meaning (Northern England, Lincolnshire, Appalachia) Maggoty, full of maggots.
Meaning
(Northern England, Lincolnshire, Appalachia) Maggoty, full of maggots.
Example Sentences
What deity in the realms of dementia, what rabid god decocted out of the smoking lobes of hydrophobia could have devised a keeping place for souls so poor as this flesh. This mawky wormbent tabernacle.
Word Forms
- mawkier
- mawkiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include motty, mawmish, mucksy, mank, macky, maumish.
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