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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to or attended by putrefaction;
- Example: "putrid decomposition"

2. in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor;
- Example: "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham

3. morally corrupt or evil;
- Example: "the putrid atmosphere of the court"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

putrid adj 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"