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English
Etymology
From maggot + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
maggoty (comparative more maggoty, superlative most maggoty)
- (literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
- (obsolete) Full of whims; capricious; freakish.
1694, Nicolas Rémond des Cours, unknown translator, The True Conduct of Persons of Quality:the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel
- unpleasant or bad-tempered
1975, Robert Lipscomb Duncan, Dragons at the Gate:I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch
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Translations
infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots
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