putredinous

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin putredo (“rottenness”), from putrere (“to be rotten”). See putrid.

Adjective edit

putredinous (comparative more putredinous, superlative most putredinous)

(dated) Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “putredinous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)