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Maggotry vs Maggoty - What's the difference?

maggotry | maggoty |

As a noun maggotry

is an utter absurdity; folly.

As an adjective maggoty is

(literally) infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.

maggotry

English

Noun

(maggotries)
  • An utter absurdity; folly.
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    • , passage=The funds financials, which were sterling, said nothing about the operation risk embedded inside these individual members of the hedge fund maggotry . }}

    maggoty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
  • (obsolete) Full of whims; capricious.

    • Derived terms

    * maggotiness

    Synonyms

    * flyblown * maggotish (obsolete) * worm-eaten

    References

    (Webster 1913)