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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

putidus

: cf. F.

putide

. Cf.

Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor.

“Thy putid muse.”

Dr. H. More.

Adj.

[L. putidus, from puteo, to have an ill smell.]

Mean; base; worthless.

putid ‎(comparative more putid, superlative most putid)

rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless

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Thy putid muse. — Dr. H. More.