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Webster 1913 Edition

Putrid

Pu′trid

,
Adj.
[L.
putridus
,
fr
.
putrere
to be rotten, fr.
puter
, or
putris
, rotten,
fr
.
putere
to stink, to be rotten: cf. F.
putride
. See
Pus
,
Foul
,
Adj.
]
1.
Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; – said of animal or vegetable matter;
as,
putrid
flesh
. See
Putrefaction
.
2.
Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter;
as, a
putrid
smell
.
Putrid 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.
[L.putridus, from putris, putreo.]
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.

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