flyblown

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flyblown

/ˈflaɪˌbləʊn/ UK
/ˈflaɪˌbloʊn/ US

adjective more flyblown · most flyblown · fly-blown

contaminated with flyblows Him that thou magnifiest with all these titles Stinking and fly-blown lies here at our feet.
tainted
sordid, squalid The contents of its window were curiously variegated. They comprised […] a fly-blown ostrich egg or so, some fishing-tackle, and an extraordinarily dirty, empty glass fish-tank.

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adj contaminated with flyblows

Português	bichado
Deutsch	madig
Русский	заси́женный му́хами zasížennyj múxami

adj tainted

Español	corrompido, mancillado, contaminado
Français	corrompu, contaminé, pollué
Deutsch	unrein, verdorben
Русский	гря́зный grjáznyj, испо́рченный ispórčennyj

adj sordid, squalid

Español	pútrido
Français	putride
Русский	гря́зный grjáznyj

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@misc{flyblown_2026,
  title = {flyblown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flyblown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}