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mag⋅got

  [mag-uht]
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–noun
1. a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies.
2. Archaic. an odd fancy; whim.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME magot, magat, unexplained var. of maddock, ME mathek < ON mathkr; akin to Dan maddik maggot, OE matha, mathu grub, maggot, OHG mado maggot
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mag·got   (māg'ət)   
n.  

  1. The legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of any of various flies of the order Diptera, often found in decaying matter.

  2. Slang A despicable person.

  3. An extravagant notion; a whim.


[Middle English magot, perhaps alteration of mathek, maddokk, perhaps from Old English matha.]
mag'got·y adj.
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Slang Dictionary
maggot

  1. n.
    a cigarette. (Probably a play on faggot.) : Can I bum a maggot off of you?
  2. n.
    a low and wretched person; a vile person. : You maggot! Take your hands off me!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

maggot 
1398, probably an unexplained variant of M.E. maðek, from O.E. maða "maggot, grub," from P.Gmc. *mathon (cf. O.N. maðkr, O.S. matho, M.Du. made, Ger. Made, Goth. maþa "maggot").
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mag·got
Pronunciation: 'mag-&t
Function: noun
: a soft-bodied legless grub that is the larva of a dipteran fly (as the housefly) anddevelops usually in decaying organic matter or as a parasite in plants or animals
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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maggot mag·got (māg'ət)
n.
The legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of any of various flies of the order Diptera, often found in decaying matter.

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