flyblown
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈflaɪˌbləʊn/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈflaɪˌbloʊn/
Adjective

flyblown

  1. contaminated with flyblows
    • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act 4, scene 7]:
      Him that thou magnifiest with all these titles''
      Stinking and fly-blown lies here at our feet.
  2. tainted
  3. sordid, squalid
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