FLYBLOWN

flyblown

(adjective) blemished, especially of reputation; “a flyblown reputation”

flyblown, squalid, sordid

(adjective) foul and run-down and repulsive; “a flyblown bar on the edge of town”; “a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town”; “squalid living conditions”; “sordid shantytowns”

flyblown, maggoty

(adjective) spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; “flyblown meat”; “a sack of maggoty apricots”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Adjective

flyblown (comparative more flyblown, superlative most flyblown)

contaminated with flyblows

tainted

sordid, squalid

Source: Wiktionary

---

Fly"blown`, a.

Definition: Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray.

FLYBLOW

Fly"blow`, v. t.

Definition: To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows. Bp. Srillingfleet.

Fly"blow`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins