Pronounced: dih-SCRY, verb
Notes: I don’t think I’ve run across this word
Yesterday’s word
The word flyblown means
- not pure; tainted
- not bright and new; seedy
- trite; hackneyed
- infested with eggs or young larvae of a blowfly
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
Apparently, in the 1600s, the word “blow” had the meaning “to deposit eggs or larvae on”. The insect called the blowfly lays its eggs on meat or wounds. Thus, our word has the original meaning of infesting with eggs/larvae. By extension, things that are flyblown are tainted, and not bright and new.
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