rotennesse
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom roten (“rotten”) + -nesse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrotennesse (uncountable)
- Rotting or decomposition; the situation where something rots.
- Necrosis or putrefaction; The state of being gangrenous, infected or festering.
- Pussy matter; the results of suppuration.
- (rare) Decomposing rubbish or leaves.
Descendants
edit- English: rottenness
References
edit- “rō̆tennes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-24.