putrid
adjective
in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
putridity
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a word derived from
putrid.
Example Sentences
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Without them, we’d live in a world of putridity and pestilence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
But an equally alarming problem surfaced as offenses reached new levels of putridity.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2017
They found meat at Navy depots to be "garbage and putridity in a horrible state".
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2013
I love the crazy steeplechase of the NFL season, but there's some justice to Bill Simmons' complaints about the era of "perpetual putridity."
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2011
The thesis of M. Vinslow, and the notes added thereto by M. Bruhier, serve to prove that there are few certain signs of real death except the putridity of a body being at least begun.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
