putrid.
Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
Meaning & usage
Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat
Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
putrid smell; putrid odor
Vile, disgusting.
Morally corrupt.
Totally objectionable.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *puH-der. Latin puter Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin putreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin putridusder. Old French putridebor. ▲ Latin putridusbor. Middle English English putrid 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”).
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