putrid

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpjuː.tɹɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpju.tɹəd/

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putrid (comparative more putrid, superlative most putrid)

1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.

   putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat

   • 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix , The Scourge of Villanie. , London: I R, →OCLC; republished as G B Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head ; New York, N.Y.: E P 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

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.

   Synonym: malodorous

   putrid smell; putrid odor

3. Vile, disgusting.
4. Morally corrupt.
5. Totally objectionable.

• rotten
• foul
• odor

• “pū̆trid, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• turpid

• putridu, prutid, prudit

From Latin putridus. Compare Romanian putred.

putrid m (feminine singular putridã, masculine plural putridz, feminine plural putridi or putride)

1. rotten, putrid, decayed, spoiled

• putridzãscu
• putridzãnji

• ciuruc

Borrowed from French putride, from Latin putridus. Doublet of the inherited putred.

putrid m or n (feminine singular putridă, masculine plural putrizi, feminine and neuter plural putride)

1. (literary, uncommon) putrid

   Synonym: putred