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pu⋅trid

   [pyoo-trid]
–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(ēre) to rot + -idus -id 4
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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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putridity

noun
the state of being putrid 

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Putridity

Pu*trid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. putridit['e].] The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

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