Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maggotish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mag-gotish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Peculiar, strange, eccentric; full of whims or fancies.

Dated

Example Sentences

"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; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English maggot Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English maggotish From maggot + -ish.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more maggotish (comparative) most maggotish (superlative)

Synonyms

maggoty

Questions

What does maggotish mean?: Peculiar, strange, eccentric; full of whims or fancies.
Where does maggotish come from?: Etymology tree English maggot Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English maggotish From maggot + -ish.

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