| putrid | (adj) of or relating to or attended by putrefaction, Example: putrid decomposition |
| putrid | (adj) in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; - Somerset Maugham, Example: horrible like raw and putrid flesh |
| putrid | (adj) morally corrupt or evil, Example: the putrid atmosphere of the court |
| putridity | (n) the state of being putrid |
| putrid-smelling | (adj) having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter |
| Putrid | 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. ]
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| Putridity | n. [ Cf. F. putridité. ] The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Putridness | n. Putridity. Floyer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Putrifacted | a. [ See Putrefy. ] Putrefied. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] What vermin bred of putrifacted slime. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Putrification | n. Putrefaction. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Putrify | v. t. & i. To putrefy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Putrilage | n. [ F. putrilage, L. putrilago putrefaction. ] That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction. [ 1913 Webster ] |