putrid

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  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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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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