maggot
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing…A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
» I heard that a paralyzed man was eaten alive by maggots.
Ich habe gehört, dass ein Gelähmter lebendig von Würmern zerfressen wurde.
Meaning
4 sensesA soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
Made, Fleischmade
опа́рышopáryš, личи́нкаličínka, червьčervʹ
опа́ришopáryš
the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
(derogatory, slang, vulgar)A worthless, obnoxious or contemptible person.
Drop and give me fifty, maggot.
червьčervʹ, гни́даgnída
черв'я́кčervʺják, гни́даhnýda
(slang)A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
(archaic, dialectal)A whimsy or fancy.
причу́даpričúda, фанта́зияfantázija, блажьblažʹ
Examples
21 sentencesI heard that a paralyzed man was eaten alive by maggots.
deIch habe gehört, dass ein Gelähmter lebendig von Würmern zerfressen wurde. — Sudajaengi
The meat was crawling with maggots.
deDas Fleisch wimmelte von Maden. — Yorwba
This cookie is full of maggots.
The food has turned into maggots.
Miroslav saw maggots dropping to the floor.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðeFrom Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðek (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô, from the Proto-Indo-European root *mat, which was used in insect names, equivalent to made + -ock. Near-cognates include Dutch made, German Made and Swedish mask, Icelandic maðkur (“worm, grub, maggot”).
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