putrid
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“I am rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpjuː.tɹɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpju.tɹəd/
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Adjective edit
putrid (comparative more putrid, superlative most putrid)
- Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from 14th c.]
- putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat
- 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:
- Quake guzzell dogs, that live on putrid slime.
- 2020 December, Dave Barry, Year in review:
- […] vast quantities of putrid whale flesh were blasted into the sky
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
- Synonym: malodorous
- putrid smell; putrid odor
- Vile, disgusting.
- Morally corrupt.
- Totally objectionable.
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Translations edit
rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction
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See also edit
References edit
- “pū̆trid, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin putridus. Compare Romanian putred.
Adjective edit
putrid m (feminine singular putridã, masculine plural putridz, feminine plural putridi or putride)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French putride, from Latin putridus. Doublet of the inherited putred.
Adjective edit
putrid m or n (feminine singular putridă, masculine plural putrizi, feminine and neuter plural putride)
Declension edit
Declension of putrid
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | putrid | putridă | putrizi | putride | ||
definite | putridul | putrida | putrizii | putridele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | putrid | putride | putrizi | putride | ||
definite | putridului | putridei | putrizilor | putridelor |