maggot
Definitions
- A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
- A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- A worthless person.
- A worthless person
- A whimsy or fancy.
- A whimsy or fancy
- A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
- A fan of the American metal band Slipknot
- Alternative form of MAGAt
Equivalents
Examples
“Drop and give⟳ me fifty, maggot.”
“"Maggot!" said Catweazle angrily. "Sit⟳ thee down!"”
“Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have⟳ not you maggots in your brain?”
“‘I am ashamed of him! how can he think⟳ of humouring you in such maggots!’”
“[…] If you draw⟳, Sir, there's one prospect up the river, by the mills—upon my conscience—but you don't draw⟳?' No answer⟳. 'A little, Sir, maybe? Just for a maggot, I'll wager—like⟳ my good lady, Mrs. Toole.'”
“Scotland Yard have⟳ two maggots which crop up whenever anything happens to a young woman. Either it’s White Slavery or Dope Dens—sometimes both.”
“(We) We are the new diabolic (We) We are the bitter bucolic If I have⟳ to give⟳ my life, you can have⟳ it (We) We are the pulse of the maggots”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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