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mag·got
I. \ˈmagət, ˈmaig-, usu -əd.+V\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English mathek, maddock, magotte worm, grub, maggot, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse mathkr magot, worm; akin to Old English & Gothic matha maggot, worm, Old High German mado maggot, Middle Low German maddik earthworm, and perhaps to Armenian mat'il louse
1.
a. : a soft-bodied legless grub that is the larva of various dipterous insects (as the housefly), that lacks a head capsule, has posterior complex respiratory apertures, and develops usually in decaying organic matter or as a parasite in plants or animals — see myiasis
b. : something resembling a maggot
< a dead city spored with the maggots of helmeted figures — Bernard Frizell >
2.
a. : a sudden usually eccentric idea : whim
< got some maggot in her head about being loved for her own sake — D.C.Murray >
b. : a fixed idea : obsession
< a decent and civilized lieutenant whose personal maggot was to spend the war in magnificent action — John McCarten >
3. : an old English country dance tune usually coupled with someone's name
< My Lady Winwood's Maggot >
II. noun
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Etymology: short for maggotpie
dialect England : magpie |