Associations to the word «Maggot»

Wiktionary

MAGGOT, noun. A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
MAGGOT, noun. (derogatory) A worthless person.
MAGGOT, noun. (obsolete) A whimsy or fancy.
MAGGOT CHEESE, noun. (colloquial) casu marzu

Dictionary definition

MAGGOT, noun. The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope