putrid
UK /ˈpjuː.tɹɪd/ · US /ˈpju.tɹəd/ adjective
- adjective Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from 14th c.] “putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat”
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh. “putrid smell; putrid odor”
- adjective Vile, disgusting.
- adjective Morally corrupt.
- adjective Totally objectionable.
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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”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; --said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
- adjective 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.
Etymology [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.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “putrid”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details