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- [flahy-blohn]
- /ˈflaɪˌbloʊn/
- /ˈflaɪ.bləʊn/
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- [flahy-blohn]
- /ˈflaɪˌbloʊn/
Definitions of flyblown word
- adjective flyblown covered with flyblows: flyblown meat. 1
- adjective flyblown tainted or contaminated; spoiled. 1
- verb with object flyblown to deposit eggs or larvae on (meat or other food). 1
- noun flyblown one of the eggs or young larvae of a blowfly, deposited on meat or other food. 1
- noun flyblown Dirty or contaminated, especially through contact with flies and their eggs and larvae. 1
- adjective flyblown covered with flyblows 0
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Origin of flyblown
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; fly2 + blown1
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Parts of speech for Flyblown
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preposition
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flyblown popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
flyblown usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flyblown
adjective flyblown
- maggoty — infested with maggots, as food.
- wormy — containing a worm or worms; contaminated with worms.
- infested — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
- worm-eaten — eaten into or gnawed by worms.
- festering — Present participle of fester.
Antonyms for flyblown
adjective flyblown
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
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