putrescent
adjective
becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
putrescence
-
a word derived from
putrescent.
Example Sentences
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One of its rare corpse flowers is about to bloom, in all its putrescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2024
Many reviewers strive for a poetry of putrescence in how they excoriate their objects of dislike.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2021
Oscar Wilde, in a Bangkok cafe, Caught a whiff of a fruit in decay That gave rise to a dread Of putrescence and led To “The Picture of Durian Gray.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2019
The gospel of autointoxication and internal putrescence was laid on thick and spiked with testimonials: from customers, doctors, clergy, all wordily professing their satisfaction and gratitude.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2013
It is essentially bottomless, cancerous; a putrescence through the constitution of the people is indicated by this galled place.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury
