putrid

[ pyoo-trid ]

adj.rotten, stinking

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Word Origin & History

early 15c., from Latin putridus, from putrere "to rot," from putris "rotten, crumbling," related to putere "to stink," from PIE root *pu- "to rot, stink" (see pus). First in reference to putrid fever, an old name for typhus (also known in Middle English as putrida). Related: Putrification.

Example Sentences forputrid

Cowardice is catching and will run through an army like the putrid fever.'

The odor of such a bird is disagreeable and may even be putrid.

It had a rustic crank of bamboo; its water was slimy and putrid.

If hard set, putrid, or stale, an egg often bursts when touched.

The first can be remedied or improved in cooking; but a putrid article cannot.

The powder of the dry leaves is dusted on ulcers and putrid sores.

Eagerly I seized the putrid meat in my mouth, offering a piece to my companions.

The pool seemed filled with a thick, muddy, and putrid liquid.

It seemed to me like putrid animal matter, and peculiarly strong.

Fermentation has long since been divided into spirituous, acid, and putrid.

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