maggotyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaɡəti/, U.S.

/ˈmæɡədi/

Forms: 1600s magotie, 1600s– maggoty, 1700s magotty, 1700s– maggotty, 1900s– maggetty (New Zealand).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maggot n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < maggot n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Full of whims and foolish fancies; freakish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

wild-headeda1400

skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

light-headed1549

humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

fangled1587

humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

capricious1605

humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

whimsy1637

toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

maggotish1693

maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

1650 Mercurius Pragmaticus (for King Charls II) No. 37 sig. Oo4 For now the truth is Cromwell is come againe, to shew his Maggotty-face.

1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 172 To pretend to work out a neat scheme of thoughts with a maggoty unsettled head, is..ridiculous.

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer ii. ii. 16 Then I shou'd have some Rogue of a Builder..transform my noble Oaks and Elms into Cornishes..to adorn some magotty, new-fashion'd Bauble upon the Thames.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 312 He borrowed an apish and magotty Carriage.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 126 The common saying that a whimsical person is maggoty..perhaps arose from the freaks the sheep have been observed to exhibit when infested by their bots.

1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 251 His son proved as maggoty as the father.

1864 R. Reid Old Glasgow 381 A maggoty fancy.

1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) 181 The fact is that the English mind in the lump is flat, coarse, and maggoty.

1975 New Yorker 12 May 110/2 What holds the sketchy characters, the narrative chunks, and the ideas together is West's maggoty wit.

b. Australian, New Zealand, and British regional. Angry, bad-tempered; esp. in to go (also get) maggoty: to lose one's temper.

ΚΠ

1890 S. S. Buckman John Darke's Sojourn in Cotteswolds vi. 49 Ah! he wur a sad maggotty cust'mer a'times.

1915 Wanganui (N.Z.) Herald 10 Sept. 8 Don't tell him I asked you to, as he would go maggetty.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 33 Maggotty, angry.

1936 F. Sargeson Conversat. with Uncle 24 There was a shearer who used to go maggoty if a lamb wouldn't sit still.

1951 D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 31 I didn't need to, but I shaved every day and my old man made me maggotty by asking me one day, ‘Do you shave up or down?’

1959 ‘D. Forrest’ Last Blue Sea 74 He's down there..going maggotty about doctors and Japs and boongs.

1977 B. Scott My Uncle Arch 63 Scotty got a bit maggoty about this.

2. Full of maggots; containing maggots. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with weevils or maggots

maggoty1699

weevily1757

mawkit1824

weeviled1901

1699 State of Navy Consider'd (ed. 2) 9 Maggoty bread.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Maggotty, full of Maggots.

1787 J. Farley London Art Cookery (ed. 4) 13 If it [sc. cheese] be..full of holes, it will give reason to suspect that it is maggotty.

1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 293 Jack..was fed with maggoty biscuit and bilge water.

1867 Morning Star 9 Sept. A man was let off lightly for working up maggoty meat into polonies.

1929 C. Aiken Sel. Poems 329 Then like ants Devour him: gash him first, and swarm in the gash, Eat inward till he's maggoty with men.

1955 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 319/1 I don't want your maggoty fish, That's no good for winter.

1984 G. Hodgson Lloyd's of London iii. 73 It is easy to say that it ought to have known that such maggoty dealings were going on.

Compounds

maggoty-headed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

wild-headeda1400

skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

light-headed1549

humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

fangled1587

humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

capricious1605

humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

whimsy1637

toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

maggotish1693

maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

1667 A. Wood Life 31 Aug. He [sc. Aubrey] was a shiftless person, roving and magotie-headed.

2002 N. Malcolm Aspects of Hobbes x. 317 Aubrey was..not a maggoty-headed antiquary but a thoroughly modern scientist.

maggoty-pated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

wild-headeda1400

skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

light-headed1549

humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

fangled1587

humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

capricious1605

humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

whimsy1637

toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

maggotish1693

maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

1850 Notes & Queries 10 Aug. 173/2 ‘A maggoty-pated fellow’ is often used to imply a whimsical man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maggoty
释义	maggotyadj. Brit. /ˈmaɡəti/, U.S. /ˈmæɡədi/ Forms: 1600s magotie, 1600s– maggoty, 1700s magotty, 1700s– maggotty, 1900s– maggetty (New Zealand). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maggot n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < maggot n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Full of whims and foolish fancies; freakish. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1650 Mercurius Pragmaticus (for King Charls II) No. 37 sig. Oo4 For now the truth is Cromwell is come againe, to shew his Maggotty-face. 1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 172 To pretend to work out a neat scheme of thoughts with a maggoty unsettled head, is..ridiculous. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer ii. ii. 16 Then I shou'd have some Rogue of a Builder..transform my noble Oaks and Elms into Cornishes..to adorn some magotty, new-fashion'd Bauble upon the Thames. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 312 He borrowed an apish and magotty Carriage. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 126 The common saying that a whimsical person is maggoty..perhaps arose from the freaks the sheep have been observed to exhibit when infested by their bots. 1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 251 His son proved as maggoty as the father. 1864 R. Reid Old Glasgow 381 A maggoty fancy. 1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) 181 The fact is that the English mind in the lump is flat, coarse, and maggoty. 1975 New Yorker 12 May 110/2 What holds the sketchy characters, the narrative chunks, and the ideas together is West's maggoty wit. b. Australian, New Zealand, and British regional. Angry, bad-tempered; esp. in to go (also get) maggoty: to lose one's temper. ΚΠ 1890 S. S. Buckman John Darke's Sojourn in Cotteswolds vi. 49 Ah! he wur a sad maggotty cust'mer a'times. 1915 Wanganui (N.Z.) Herald 10 Sept. 8 Don't tell him I asked you to, as he would go maggetty. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 33 Maggotty, angry. 1936 F. Sargeson Conversat. with Uncle 24 There was a shearer who used to go maggoty if a lamb wouldn't sit still. 1951 D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 31 I didn't need to, but I shaved every day and my old man made me maggotty by asking me one day, ‘Do you shave up or down?’ 1959 ‘D. Forrest’ Last Blue Sea 74 He's down there..going maggotty about doctors and Japs and boongs. 1977 B. Scott My Uncle Arch 63 Scotty got a bit maggoty about this. 2. Full of maggots; containing maggots. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with weevils or maggots maggoty1699 weevily1757 mawkit1824 weeviled1901 1699 State of Navy Consider'd (ed. 2) 9 Maggoty bread. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Maggotty, full of Maggots. 1787 J. Farley London Art Cookery (ed. 4) 13 If it [sc. cheese] be..full of holes, it will give reason to suspect that it is maggotty. 1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 293 Jack..was fed with maggoty biscuit and bilge water. 1867 Morning Star 9 Sept. A man was let off lightly for working up maggoty meat into polonies. 1929 C. Aiken Sel. Poems 329 Then like ants Devour him: gash him first, and swarm in the gash, Eat inward till he's maggoty with men. 1955 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 319/1 I don't want your maggoty fish, That's no good for winter. 1984 G. Hodgson Lloyd's of London iii. 73 It is easy to say that it ought to have known that such maggoty dealings were going on. Compounds maggoty-headed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1667 A. Wood Life 31 Aug. He [sc. Aubrey] was a shiftless person, roving and magotie-headed. 2002 N. Malcolm Aspects of Hobbes x. 317 Aubrey was..not a maggoty-headed antiquary but a thoroughly modern scientist. maggoty-pated adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1850 Notes & Queries 10 Aug. 173/2 ‘A maggoty-pated fellow’ is often used to imply a whimsical man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1650
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