"maggoty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmæɡəti/ Forms: more maggoty [comparative], most maggoty [superlative]
Etymology: 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 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 43 41 Disambiguation of 'infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots': 90 6 4
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 51 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 43 41
  3. unpleasant or bad-tempered
    Sense id: en-maggoty-en-adj-oY4ujuPY Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 43 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flyblown, maggotish [obsolete], worm-eaten Derived forms: maggotiness, maggoty-pie

Inflected forms

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