maggotish

English

Etymology

From maggot +‎ -ish.

Adjective

maggotish (comparative more maggotish, superlative most maggotish)

  1. (dated, rare) Peculiar, strange, eccentric; full of whims or fancies.
    Synonym: maggoty
    • 2015, T. Hoogsteen, Covenant Works: The Biblical Way:
      Early in that dragged out journeying to a tough death occurred several tense episodes, even plots against his life, until maggotish hatred of the Sanhedrin engulfed him; […]
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