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putrescent
[ pyoo-tres-uhnt ]
adjective
- becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- of or relating to putrefaction.
putrescent
/ pjuːˈtrɛsənt /
adjective
- becoming putrid; rotting
- characterized by or undergoing putrefaction
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Derived Forms
- puˈtrescence, noun
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Other Words From
- pu·trescence pu·trescen·cy noun
- nonpu·trescence noun
- nonpu·trescent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of putrescent1
1725–35; < Latin putrēscent- (stem of putrēscēns ), present participle of putrēscere to grow rotten
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Word History and Origins
Origin of putrescent1
C18: from Latin putrescere to become rotten
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Example Sentences
They smell sweetly putrescent, like a forgotten gym towel in a hot car.
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An impossible scheme of reconstruction was trailing its slow, putrescent length along.
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I have twice given water saturated with fixed air in a fever of the putrescent kind, and it agreed very well with the patients.
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And off what are those two ravens rising, stirring up with their obscene wings a sickly, putrescent odour?
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Pyrolignous acid possesses, in a very eminent degree, anti-putrescent properties.
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Many are very large and ponderous; fleshy and putrescent, decaying soon after maturity.
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