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putrescent

[ pyoo-tres-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
  2. of or relating to putrefaction.


putrescent

/ ːˈٰɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. becoming putrid; rotting
  2. characterized by or undergoing putrefaction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰԳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٰcԳ ·ٰc· noun
  • non·ٰcԳ noun
  • ԴDzp·ٰcԳ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of putrescent1

1725–35; < Latin ٰܳŧԳ- (stem of ٰܳŧŧԲ ), present participle of ٰܳŧ to grow rotten
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of putrescent1

C18: from Latin putrescere to become rotten
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The idea has risen like cheap champagne in the putrescent bowels of the Republicans.

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Because it is a putrescent pile of racist myths and cliches.

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This cheery facade was always rotten, red meat for investors propped up by a trembling skeleton of venture capital, but now it is absolutely putrescent.

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As with all our monsters, zombies rise so that the living can either also fall or find some kind of salvation by surviving, fighting and obliterating these putrescent threats.

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The pinkish, putrescent, rurally located lagoons have been a source of concern for decades.

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