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flyblown en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈflaɪˌbləʊn/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈflaɪˌbloʊn/ (US)

Meanings

  1. contaminated with flyblows
    • Him that thou magnifiest with all these titles Stinking and fly-blown lies here at our feet. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
  2. tainted
  3. sordid, squalid

Forms

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most flyblown Degree=Sup lexicographic
more flyblown Degree=Cmp lexicographic
fly-blown alternative lexicographic

Relateds

flyblow · blowfly

Translations (21)

es corrompido (tainted) · fr corrompu (tainted) · de madig (contaminated with flyblows) · ru гря́зный (tainted) · de verdorben (tainted) · fr contaminé (tainted) · pt bichado (contaminated with flyblows) · de unrein (tainted) · pl obskurny (sordid, squalid) · pl ubrudzony (tainted) · pl niechlujny (sordid, squalid) · es contaminado (tainted) · fr putride (sordid, squalid) · pl robaczywy (contaminated with flyblows) · ru испо́рченный (tainted) · es pútrido (sordid, squalid) · fr pollué (tainted) · ru гря́зный (sordid, squalid) · ru заси́женный му́хами (contaminated with flyblows) · mi keto (contaminated with flyblows) · es mancillado (tainted)