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mag⋅got⋅y

  [mag-uh-tee]
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–adjective
1. infested with maggots, as food.
2. Archaic. having queer notions; full of whims.
3. Australian Slang. angry; bad-tempered.
Origin:
1660–70; maggot + -y 1
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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maggot(t)y

  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated; very drunk. (A play on rotten.) : Rotten, hell. They were absolutely maggotty!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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