putrescent
becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
of or relating to putrefaction.
Origin of putrescent
1Other words from putrescent
- pu·tres·cence, pu·tres·cen·cy, noun
- non·pu·tres·cence, noun
- non·pu·tres·cent, adjective
Words Nearby putrescent
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How to use putrescent in a sentence
They smell sweetly putrescent, like a forgotten gym towel in a hot car.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn impossible scheme of reconstruction was trailing its slow, putrescent length along.
Marse Henry (Vol. 2) | Henry WattersonI have twice given water saturated with fixed air in a fever of the putrescent kind, and it agreed very well with the patients.
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air | Joseph PriestleyAnd off what are those two ravens rising, stirring up with their obscene wings a sickly, putrescent odour?
Prose Idylls | Charles KingsleyPyrolignous acid possesses, in a very eminent degree, anti-putrescent properties.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
Many are very large and ponderous; fleshy and putrescent, decaying soon after maturity.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise | M. E. Hard
British Dictionary definitions for putrescent
/ (pjuːˈtrɛsənt) /
becoming putrid; rotting
characterized by or undergoing putrefaction
Origin of putrescent
1Derived forms of putrescent
- putrescence, noun
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