maggoty.

Infested with the small, soft-bodied young of flies.

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Words that belong together

• maggoty meat
• maggoty remains

On the page

Maggoty meat lay beneath the overturned crate where the cellar stayed warm.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Comparative more maggoty; superlative most maggoty when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, atmosphere. Commonness: moderately common.