Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maggotry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mag-gotry
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An utter absurdity; folly.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The funds financials, which were sterling, said nothing about the operation risk embedded inside these individual members of the hedge fund maggotry."

Etymology

From maggot + -ry, from maggot (“a whim”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: maggot

Usage

Inflected Forms

maggotries (plural)

Questions

What does maggotry mean?: An utter absurdity; folly.
Where does maggotry come from?: From maggot + -ry, from maggot (“a whim”).

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