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Webster 1913 Edition
Putrid
Pu′trid
,Adj.
1.
Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; – said of animal or vegetable matter;
as,
. See putrid
fleshPutrefaction
. 2.
Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter;
as, a
. putrid
smellPutrid fever
(Med.)
, typhus fever; – so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
– Putrid sore throat
(Med.)
, a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
Webster 1828 Edition
Putrid
PU'TRID
,Adj.
1.
In a state of dissolution or disorganization, as animal and vegetable bodies; corrupt; rotten; as putrid flesh. Indicating a state of dissolution; tending to disorganize the substances composing the body; malignant; as a putrid fever.2.
Proceeding from putrefaction or pertaining to it; as a putrid scent.Definition 2024
putrid
putrid
English
Adjective
putrid (comparative more putrid, superlative most putrid)
- Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
- Vile, disgusting.
- morally corrupt
- totally objectionable
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "putrid" is often applied: smell, odor, flesh, matter, meat.
Synonyms
Related terms
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putrescent
- putrid fever
- putrid sore throat
- putrify
Translations
rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction