putrescent
[pyoo-tres-uh nt]
adjective
becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
of or relating to putrefaction.
Origin of putrescent
1725–35; < Latin putrēscent- (stem of putrēscēns), present participle of putrēscere to grow rotten
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Related Words for putrescent
disagreeable, putrid, tainted, musty, smelly, moldy, stale, fetid, soured, polluted, contaminated, noxious, rotting, disgusting, rancid, sour, spoiled, corrupt, overripe, addledExamples from the Web for putrescent
Historical Examples of putrescent
Digger Indians are left to do that when the meat is putrescent.
They proved to be the lancet which cut the putrescent sore of the rising world.
The InsectJules Michelet
But from the putrescent mass of flesh, we salvaged a second jewel from Aptor.
The Jewels of AptorSamuel R. Delany
The putrescent are composed of decayed, or decaying, vegetable and animal substances.
Soil CultureJ. H. Walden
The disease so putrescent in its tendencies, had originated in animal putrefaction.
Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and PowdersWilliam A. Alcott
putrescent
adjective
Word Origin for putrescent
C18: from Latin putrescere to become rotten
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putrescent
[pyōō-trĕs′ənt]
adj.
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