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What (who) is putrescent - definition
putrescent
[pju:'tr?s(?)nt]
¦ adjective decaying; rotting.
Derivatives
putrescence noun
Origin
C18: from L. putrescent-, inceptive of putrere (see putrid).
Putrescent
·adj Becoming putrid or rotten.
II. Putrescent ·adj Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.
Examples of use of putrescent
1. In Islington, north London, rats had been seen, and the school wheelie bins were "encrusted with putrescent food waste". There was, the inspector noted, "extensive flying insect activity within said bins". The extent of decay, and the sheer dirtiness, of many school kitchens has emerged from a survey of more than 200 local authorities by the Guardian.