maggot

Значение (Английский)

1. A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
2. A worthless person.
3. A whimsy or fancy.
4. (slang) A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.

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mosquito larva

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riceworm

Частота

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈmæɡət/

From Middle English magot, magotte, probably Anglo-Norman metathetic alteration of maddock (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from Frankish *maþō, from common 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. 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.