putrescent
becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
of or relating to putrefaction.
Origin of putrescent
1Other words from putrescent
- pu·tres·cence, pu·tres·cen·cy, noun
- non·pu·tres·cence, noun
- non·pu·tres·cent, adjective
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How to use putrescent in a sentence
By the next day, without changing shape, it has turned a repulsive brown; presently it dissolves into noisome putrescence.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri FabreRossetti thought that the "new French School," in which Whistler had been trained, was "simply putrescence and decomposition."
The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins PennellMiss Van Tuyn was not going to allow herself to be influenced by the putrescence of Garstin's mind.
December Love | Robert HichensEven Hegel said that wars invigorate humanity just as the storm preserves the sea from putrescence.
The Psychology of Nations | G.E. PartridgeIt is essentially bottomless, cancerous; a putrescence through the constitution of the people is indicated by this galled place.
Arrows of the Chace, v. 2 | John Ruskin
British Dictionary definitions for putrescent
/ (pjuːˈtrɛsənt) /
becoming putrid; rotting
characterized by or undergoing putrefaction
Origin of putrescent
1Derived forms of putrescent
- putrescence, noun
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