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Webster 1913 Edition
Flyblown
Fly′blownˊ
,Adj.
Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
Wherever
flyblown
reputations were assembled. Thackeray.
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flyblown
flyblown
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English
Alternative forms
Adjective
flyblown (comparative more flyblown, superlative most flyblown)
- contaminated with flyblows
- Shakespeare, Henry VI Part 1, Act IV, Scene 7:
- Him that thou magnifiest with all these titles
- Stinking and fly-blown lies here at our feet.
- Shakespeare, Henry VI Part 1, Act IV, Scene 7:
- tainted
- sordid, squalid
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Translations
contaminated with flyblows
tainted
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