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pu·trid       [pyoo-trid] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
2.of, pertaining to, or attended by putrefaction.
3.having the odor of decaying flesh.
4.thoroughly corrupt, depraved, or evil.
5.of very low quality; rotten.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L putridus rotten, equiv. to putr(ére) to rot + -idus -id4]

—Related forms
pu·trid·i·ty, pu·trid·ness, noun
pu·trid·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 3. fetid. 4. immoral.
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pu·trid       (pyōō'trĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten.
  2. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction.
  3. Morally rotten; corrupt: "and all the while scarlet thoughts, putrid fantasies, and no love" (Louis Auchincloss).
  4. Extremely objectionable; vile.


[Middle English putred, from Old French putride, from Latin putridus, from putrēre, to be rotten, from puter, putr-, rotten; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

pu·trid'i·ty (-trĭd'ĭ-tē), pu'trid·ness (-trĭd-nĭs) n., pu'trid·ly adv.
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putrid 
c.1412, from L. putridus, from putrere "to rot," from putris "rotten, crumbling," related to putere "to stink," from PIE base *pu- "to rot, stink" (see pus). First in ref. to putrid fever, an old name for typhus.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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putrid

adjective
1. of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition" 
2. in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham 
3. morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court" 

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putrid pu·trid (py&oomacr;'trĭd)
adj.

  1. Decomposed; foul-smelling; rotten.
  2. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Putrid

Pu"trid\, a. [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, a.]

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's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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