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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'maggot' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions maggot noun  A fly larva that eats decompose, decomposing flesh. (obsolete) A whimsy or fancy. Mr. Beveridge's Maggot, an old country dance http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4199.htm. Translations:  Dutch: made French: asticot German: Wurm Spanish: gusano Etymology: Middle English magot, magotte, probably an Anglo-Norman alteration of maddock, originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maía (Scots mathe), from common Germanic root mathon-, from the Proto-Indo-European root math-, which was used in insect names. 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 his or her brain.: Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? <br> Have not you maggots in your brain? <br> &mdash; w:John Fletcher (playwright), John Fletcher, Women Pleased (1620), III.iv.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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