putrid
BREAKING DOWN OF A BODY OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL POST-MORTEM
Putrification; Putrifaction; Putrify; Putrifaction (biochemistry); Putrefying; Putrid; Putrefy; 🝤; Putrified
['pju:tr?d]
¦ adjective
1. decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell.
2. informal very unpleasant.
Derivatives
putridity noun
putridly adverb
putridness noun
Origin
ME: from L. putridus, from putrere 'to rot', from puter, putr- 'rotten'.