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maggot

N หนอน แมลง  grub creepy-crawly non-ma-lang

 

maggoty

ADJ เต็มไปด้วย หนอน แมลง  wormy infested tem-pai-duai-non-ma-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAGGOT

n. 1. A worm or grub; particularly, the flyworm, from the egg of the large blue or green fly. This maggot changes into a fly.
2. A whim; an odd fancy.

 

MAGGOTY

a.Full of maggots.

 

MAGGOTY-HEADED

a.Having a head full of whims.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MAGGOT

Mag "got, n. Etym: [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. magu to bread. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.

 

2. A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras. Tennyson.

 

MAGGOTINESS

MAGGOTINESS Mag "got *i *ness, n.

 

Defn: State of being maggoty.

 

MAGGOTISH

MAGGOTISH Mag "got *ish, a.

 

Defn: Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.

 

MAGGOT-PIE

MAGGOT-PIE Mag "got-pie `, n.

 

Defn: A magpie. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

MAGGOTY

MAGGOTY Mag "got *y, a.

 

1. Infested with maggots.

 

2. Full of whims; capricious. Norris.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

maggot

mag got |ˈmagət ˈmæɡət | noun 1 a soft-bodied legless larva, esp. that of a fly found in decaying matter. Fishing bait consisting of a maggot or maggots. 2 archaic a whimsical fancy. DERIVATIVES mag got y adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps an alteration of dialect maddock, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

maggot

mag ¦got |ˈmagət | noun 1 a soft-bodied legless larva of a fly or other insect, found in decaying matter. 2 archaic a whimsical or strange idea. PHRASES act the maggot Irish informal behave in a foolishly playful way. ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps an alteration of dialect maddock, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.

 

maggoty

mag |goty |ˈmagəti | adjective 1 full of maggots. 2 Austral. /NZ informal angry or bad-tempered: Scotty got a bit maggoty about all this.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

maggot

maggot noun grub, larva; caterpillar.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

maggot

mag got /mǽɡət /名詞 C 1 ウジ (虫 ).2 気まぐれ [風変わり ]な考え .3 ⦅米俗 ⦆卑劣な人 .m g got y /-i /形容詞 ウジがわいた .