putrid
adjUK /ˈpjuː.tɹɪd/ · US /ˈpju.tɹəd/
Etymology From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).
1
Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat
- Quake guzzell dogs, that live on putrid slime.1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:
1 more example
- […]vast quantities of putrid whale flesh were blasted into the sky2020 December, Dave Barry, Year in review:
2
Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
- putrid smell; putrid odor
3
Vile, disgusting.
4
Morally corrupt.
5
Totally objectionable.
- Derived terms
- putrid fever, putridly, putridness, putrid sore throat, semiputrid, unputrid