maggot

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• /ˈmæɡət/
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• /ˈmeɪ̯ɡət/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising
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• rhymes with -æɡət
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• homophone: MAGAt
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 G AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From 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”). The use of maggot to mean a fanciful or whimsical thing derives from the folk belief that a whimsical or crotchety person had maggots in their brain.

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: maaier — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Arabic: نَغَفة (naḡafa) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Armenian: որդ (ord) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Asturian: caresa — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Asturian: cocu — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Bahnar: hrai — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Belarusian: апа́рыш (apáryš) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Bulgarian: личинка (ličinka) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Burmese: လောက် (lauk) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Catalan: cuc — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Catalan: viró — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Catalan: saballó — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Chepang: पेः — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛆 (qū) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Chinese Mandarin: 蠐 /蛴 (qí) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Choctaw: chukanushi — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Cornish: kontronen — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Atikamekw: okowew — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Czech: larva — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Czech: červ — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Danish: maddike — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Dutch: made — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Esperanto: muŝido — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Esperanto: muŝlarvo — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Estonian: vagel — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Finnish: toukka — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Finnish: kärpäsentoukka — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• French: asticot — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• French: larve — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Galician: careixa — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Galician: sen — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Galician: bichoco — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Georgian: მატლი (maṭli) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• German: Made — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• German: Fleischmade — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Greek: σκουλήκι (skoulíki) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Ancient Greek: εὐλή (eulḗ) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Hebrew: רימה (rima) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Hungarian: kukac — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Hungarian: féreg — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Indonesian: belatung — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Indonesian: bernga — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Irish: cruimh — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Italian: larva — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Italian: verme — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Italian: baco — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Japanese: 蛆 (uji) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Japanese: ウジ (uji) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Javanese: sèt — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• S'gaw Karen: လၢၣ် (luh̀) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Kashmiri: خۄڈٕ کیٛۆم (khọḍụ kyom) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Khmer: ដង្កូវ (dɑɑdɑngkəw) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Korean: 구더기 (gudeogi) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Latvian: cirmenis — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Luxembourgish: Mued — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Malay: belatung — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Malay: berenga — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Brunei Malay: giuk — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Brunei Malay: ulat — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Manchu: ᠶᡝᠶᡝ (yeye) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Manx: crooag — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Middle English: maddok — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Mi'kmaq: gulpatgij — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Mongolian: өт (öt) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Mongolian: авгалдай (avgaldaj) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Mongolian: хорхой (xorxoj) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Nahuatl: nacaocuilin — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Navajo: chʼosh — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Norman: magot — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Norwegian Bokmål: makk — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Norwegian Bokmål: mark — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: makk — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mark — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Ojibwe: ookwe — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Paiwan: tikay — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Persian: کرم (kerm) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Polish: larwa — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Polish: robak — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Polish: czerw — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Polish: mada — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Portuguese: larva — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Romanian: larvă — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Romanian: vierme — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Russian: опа́рыш (opáryš) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Russian: личи́нка (ličínka) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Russian: червь (červʹ) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Scottish Gaelic: cnothag — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Serbo-Croatian: лѝчӣнка — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Serbo-Croatian: lìčīnka — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Lower Sorbian: cerw — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Spanish: larva — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Spanish: cresa — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Spanish: gusano — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Spanish: verme — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Spanish: vierme — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Spanish: queresa — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Sundanese: bilatung — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Swedish: fluglarv — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Tagalog: uod — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Thai: หนอน (nɔ̌ɔn) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Turkish: kurt — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Turkish: kurtçuk — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Ottoman Turkish: قورت (kurt) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Ottoman Turkish: سوس (sus) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Ukrainian: опа́риш (opáryš) — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Unami: ukwe — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Uzbek: qurt — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Uzbek: qumursqa — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Vietnamese: giòi — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Volapük: mitameit — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Welsh: cynrhon — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Welsh: macai — dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter
• Belarusian: чарвя́к (čarvják) — worthless person
• Belarusian: гні́да (hnída) — worthless person
• Czech: červ — worthless person
• Dutch: made — worthless person
• Dutch: worm — worthless person
• Finnish: liero — worthless person
• Finnish: mato — worthless person
• Hungarian: féreg — worthless person
• Italian: verme — worthless person
• Korean: 버러지 (beoreoji) — worthless person
• Polish: robal — worthless person
• Portuguese: verme — worthless person
• Russian: червь (červʹ) — worthless person
• Russian: гни́да (gnída) — worthless person
• Spanish: gusano — worthless person
• Swedish: likmask — worthless person
• Swedish: mask — worthless person
• Ukrainian: черв'я́к (červʺják) — worthless person
• Ukrainian: гни́да (hnýda) — worthless person
• Bulgarian: прищявка (prištjavka) — whimsy or fancy
• Bulgarian: каприз (kapriz) — whimsy or fancy
• Chinese Mandarin: 空想 (kōngxiǎng) — whimsy or fancy
• Dutch: gril — whimsy or fancy
• Dutch: kuur — whimsy or fancy
• Dutch: luim — whimsy or fancy
• Polish: kaprys — whimsy or fancy
• Portuguese: capricho — whimsy or fancy
• Russian: причу́да (pričúda) — whimsy or fancy
• Russian: фанта́зия (fantázija) — whimsy or fancy
• Russian: блажь (blažʹ) — whimsy or fancy