'Putrid' definitions:
Definition of 'putrid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition"
adjective
In an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham
adjective
Morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
Definition of 'Putrid'
From: GCIDE
- Putrid \Pu"trid\, a. [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, fr. puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. F. putride. See Pus, Foul, a.]
- 1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. [1913 Webster]
- Putrid fever (Med.), typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
- Putrid sore throat (Med.), a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx. [1913 Webster]