putrid
adjective
in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
putridness
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a word derived from
putrid.
Example Sentences
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He prefers green fields, the perfume of flowers, health, virtue, to Zola's liking for crime, sickness, cadaverous putridness, and manure.
From So Runs the World by Henryk Sienkiewicz
There was created a certain kind of travelling in putridness, because the subjects being exhausted very quickly, there was a necessity to find something new which could attract.
From So Runs the World by Henryk Sienkiewicz
