maggoty

• Adjectif désuet signifiant infesté de larves de mouches, ou, au sens figuré, pourri, gâté et sans valeur.

An old-fashioned adjective meaning infested with maggots or, figuratively, rotten and worthless.

1. Infested with maggotsC1informal

   Describes something, typically food or organic matter, that has become spoiled and is infested with the larvae of flies.

   plein de vers / infesté d'asticots

   • The meat was left out too long and turned maggoty.
   • He threw away the maggoty cheese immediately.
   • The garbage bin smelled awful and was full of maggoty scraps.
   • We found a maggoty apple in the back of the fridge.

   Synonymesflyblowngrubbywormy