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PUTRID
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morally corrupt or evil
Example:
the putrid atmosphere of the court
Classified under:
Similar:
corrupt (lacking in integrity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
Example:
horrible like raw and putrid flesh
Classified under:
Similar:
stale (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age)
Derivation:
putrescence (the quality of rotting and becoming putrid)
putridity (the state of being putrid)
putridness (in a state of progressive putrefaction)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
Example:
putrid decomposition
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
putrefaction (a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor)
Derivation:
putridity (the state of being putrid)
putridness (in a state of progressive putrefaction)
