flyblown

See also: fly-blown

English

WOTD – 21 June 2010

Alternative forms

• fly-blown

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈflaɪˌbləʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈflaɪˌbloʊn/

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Adjective

flyblown (comparative more flyblown, superlative most flyblown)

1. contaminated with flyblows
   • 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]:

     Him that thou magnifiest with all these titles
     Stinking and fly-blown lies here at our feet.

2. tainted
3. sordid, squalid

Related terms

• blowfly
• flyblow

Translations

contaminated with flyblows

German: madig (de) Maori: keto Portuguese: bichado (pt) m Russian: заси́женный му́хами m (zasížennyj múxami)

tainted

French: corrompu (fr), contaminé (fr), pollué (fr) German: unrein (de), verdorben (de) Russian: гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj), испо́рченный (ru) (ispórčennyj) Spanish: corrompido (es), mancillado (es), contaminado (es)

sordid, squalid

French: putride (fr) Russian: гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj) Spanish: pútrido (es)