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fly-blown

fly-blown is the alternative spelling of flyblown.

Meaning of flyblown

Adjective

flyblown (comparative more flyblown, superlative most flyblown)

  1. contaminated with flyblows
    • Him that thou magnifiest with all these titles
      Stinking and fly-blown lies here at our feet.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]...
  2. tainted
  3. sordid, squalid

Forms of fly-blown

comparativemore fly-blown
superlativemost fly-blown

Questions about fly-blown

What is fly-blown the alternative spelling of?
Fly-blown is the alternative spelling of flyblown.

Words near fly-blown in the dictionary

  1. fly-ass
  2. fly-away
  3. fly-back
  4. fly-backs
  5. fly-bitten
  6. fly-blown
  7. fly-boat
  8. fly-boats
  9. fly-bombed
  10. fly-bottle
  11. fly-bottles

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