maggot
pronunciation
How to pronounce maggot in British English:
UK [ˈmægət]
How to pronounce maggot in American English:
US [ˈmæɡət]
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- Noun:
- the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
Word Origin
- maggot
- maggot: see mawkish
- maggot (n.)
- late 15c., probably an unexplained variant of Middle English maðek, from Old English maða "maggot, grub," from Proto-Germanic *mathon (cognates: Old Norse maðkr, Old Saxon matho, Middle Dutch, Dutch made, Old High German mado, German Made, Gothic maþa "maggot"). Figurative use "whim, fancy, crotchet" is 1620s, from the notion of a maggot in the brain.
Example
- 1. That could gag a maggot !
- 2. You will hang for this , maggot !
- 3. You miserable little maggot ! I 'll stove your head in !
- 4. You 're not even a lowlife , scum-sucking maggot !
- 5. You 've been into farmer maggot 's crop !