The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
flyblown, maggoty
(adjective) spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; “flyblown meat”; “a sack of maggoty apricots”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
maggoty (comparative more maggoty, superlative most maggoty)
(literally) Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
(obsolete) Full of whims; capricious.
• flyblown
• maggotish (obsolete)
• worm-eaten
Source: Wiktionary
Mag"got*y, a.
1. Infested with maggots.
2. Full of whims; capricious. Norris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.