Maggoty

Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡəti/

Definitions of maggoty

adjective describing something as being infested with maggots

Example Sentences

A1 The garbage can was full of maggoty food scraps.

A2 She accidentally left the fruit out too long and it became maggoty.

B1 The old house had a musty smell and maggoty walls.

B2 The neglected compost pile was teeming with maggoty worms.

C1 The maggoty meat was a result of improper storage and hygiene practices.

C2 The restaurant received a health code violation for serving maggoty food to customers.

Examples of maggoty in a Sentence

formal The rotten meat was infested with maggoty larvae.

informal Eww, that garbage can is full of maggoty stuff.

slang I can't believe you ate that maggoty sandwich!

figurative His mind was a maggoty mess of negative thoughts.

Grammatical Forms of maggoty

• past tense: maggotied
• plural: maggoties
• comparative: more maggoty
• superlative: most maggoty
• present tense: maggots
• future tense: will be maggoty
• perfect tense: have been maggoty
• continuous tense: is being maggoty
• singular: maggoty
• positive degree: maggoty
• infinitive: to be maggoty
• gerund: maggotying
• participle: maggotied

Origin and Evolution of maggoty

First Known Use: 1601 year

Language of Origin: Middle English

Story behind the word: The word 'maggoty' originated from the Middle English word 'maggot', which referred to a small, soft-bodied larva of a fly.

Evolution of the word: Over time, the word 'maggoty' evolved to describe something infested with maggots or maggot-like creatures, and later took on a more figurative meaning to describe something spoiled, rotten, or corrupt.