"maggoty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmæɡəti/ Forms: more maggoty [comparative], most maggoty [superlative]
Etymology: From maggot + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|maggot|y}} maggot + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} maggoty (comparative more maggoty, superlative most maggoty)
  1. (literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown. Tags: literally Translations (infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots): червясал (červjasal) (Bulgarian), wormstekig (Dutch), vermioso (Galician), madig (German), wurmstichig (German), cruimheach (Irish), crumhógach (Irish), robaczywy (Polish), черви́вый (červívyj) (Russian), agusanado (Spanish), viereus [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-maggoty-en-adj-ncBZmF07 Disambiguation of 'infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots': 91 8 1
  2. (obsolete) Full of whims; capricious; freakish. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-maggoty-en-adj-FTCT59A5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 72 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 27 64 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 66 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 70 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 74 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 63 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 64 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 65 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 65 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 68 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 61 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 69 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 70 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 24 67 9
  3. unpleasant or bad-tempered
    Sense id: en-maggoty-en-adj-oY4ujuPY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flyblown, maggotish [obsolete], worm-eaten Derived forms: maggotiness, maggoty-pie

Inflected forms

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        "(literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown."
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