Maggot

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Etymology

From Middle English magot, magotte, probably Template:Xno[[Category:Template:Xno derivations|Maggot]] alteration of maddock (“‘worm", "maggot’”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from common Germanic root *mathon-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *math-, which was used in insect names. Near-cognates include Dutch made, German Made and Swedish mask. The use of maggot to mean a fanciful or whimsical thing derives from the folk belief that a whimsical or crotchety person had maggots in his or her brain.

Pronunciation

• enPR: măg'ət, IPA: /ˈmæɡət/, SAMPA: /"m{g@t/

Noun

Singular Maggot

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Maggot ({{{1}}})

1. A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
2. A term of insult for a 'worthless' person, as if a bug.

   Drop and give me fifty, maggot.

3. (obsolete) A whimsy or fancy.

   Mr. Beveridge's Maggot, an old country dance [1].

   • 1620, John Fletcher, Women Pleased, III.iv.

     Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have not you maggots in your brain?

Synonyms

• grub

Derived terms

terms derived from maggot (noun)

maggoted maggoting maggotish

maggotorium maggoty maggotiness

Related terms

• mawk
• mawkish

Translations

dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing flesh

Catalan: asticot ca(ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 蛆 cmn(cmn) (qū) Dutch: made nl(nl) f. Finnish: toukka fi(fi), kärpäsentoukka fi(fi), mato fi(fi) French: asticot fr(fr) m. German: Made de(de) f.

Hungarian: kukac hu(hu) Polish: larwa f., robak m. (coll.) Spanish: gusano es(es) m. Swedish: larv sv(sv) c., maggot sv(sv) c. Uzbek: qurt uz(uz), qumursqa uz(uz)

worthless person

Dutch: made nl(nl) f., worm nl(nl) m. Finnish: liero fi(fi), mato fi(fi)

Spanish: gusano es(es) m. Swedish: likmask sv(sv) c., mask sv(sv) c.

whimsy or fancy

Dutch: gril, kuur, luim

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Esperanto: senkrura larvo French: asticot m., larve German: Made f. Hebrew: רימה Indonesian: belatung Italian: baco m., verme m.

Japanese: ウジ (蛆, uji) Korean: 구더기 (gudeogi) Portuguese: larva Rumanian: larvă, vierme Serbian: ličinka f. Sundanese: bilatung

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