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
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