maggotish
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Maggotish — Mag got*ish, a. Full of whims or fancies; maggoty. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maggotish — … Useful english dictionary
maggoty — adjective Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown. Syn: maggotish … Wiktionary
mawkish — [17] The underlying meaning of mawkish is ‘maggotish’. It was derived from a now obsolete word mawk, which meant literally ‘maggot’ but was used figuratively (like maggot itself) for a ‘whim’ or ‘fastidious fancy’. Hence mawkish originally meant… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
mawkish — [17] The underlying meaning of mawkish is ‘maggotish’. It was derived from a now obsolete word mawk, which meant literally ‘maggot’ but was used figuratively (like maggot itself) for a ‘whim’ or ‘fastidious fancy’. Hence mawkish originally meant… … Word origins
