Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maggot-pated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: mag-got--pat-ed
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having little sense; full of whims; capricious; maggoty.

Obsolete

Etymology

From maggot + pated.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more maggot-pated (comparative) most maggot-pated (superlative) maggotpated (alternative)

Questions

What does maggot-pated mean?: Having little sense; full of whims; capricious; maggoty.
Where does maggot-pated come from?: From maggot + pated.

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