flyblown |
flyblown | (adj) spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies, Syn. maggoty |
flyblown | (adj) foul and run-down and repulsive, Syn. sordid, squalid |
flyblown | (adj) especially of reputation |
Flyblow | v. t. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Flyblow | n. (Zool.) One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Flyblown | a. Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. [ 1913 Webster ] Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] |