maggoty
adj/ˈmæɡəti/
Etymology From maggot + -y.
1
Literally Infested with or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
- He pilots his disreputable father-in-law through the maggotier parts of the Big Apple, tries out unsuccessfully for a job as gorilla, pulls off an unconvincing fraud (surely Gothamites don’t hand over against an uncleared cheque?).1980, The Times Literary Supplement, London: The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 470, column 3:
2
Dated, Figuratively Full of whims; capricious; freakish.
- the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel1694, Nicolas Rémond des Cours, unknown translator, The True Conduct of Persons of Quality:
- In the book, what holds the sketchy characters, the narrative chunks, and the ideas together is West's maggoty wit—positioning himself halfway between contempt and fear, clinging to literary sophistication as if it were the Mother Church.1975, Pauline Kael, The Day of the Locust:
3
Derogatory, Figuratively Unpleasant or bad-tempered.
- I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch1975, Robert Lipscomb Duncan, Dragons at the Gate:
- Derived terms
- maggotiness, maggoty bay bean, maggoty-pie