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adjective

Putrid adj.

Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.

Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.

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.

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"Putrid" Quotes from Famous Books

... infinite deal of disgust and much fine horror at what they were pleased to term 'feasting on corpses;' but I never yet heard any of them admit their own appetite for the rotten 'corpse' of a pheasant, or the putrid haunch of a deer, to be anything except the choice taste of ...

— Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida - Selected from the Works of Ouida • Ouida

... not infectious. I hope not of a putrid infectious sort. Has Perry seen her? Indeed you should take care of yourself as well as of your friend. Let me entreat you to run no risks. Why does not Perry ...

— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... perfidious and bloody monsters that ever disgraced the human form. It is notorious that millions of Frenchmen have been butchered, and burnt, and driven into exile by their commands. It is recorded, even in the history of France, that one of them said that the putrid carcass of a Protestant smelt sweet to him. Even in these latter times, so late as the reign of Louis XIV., it is notorious that hundreds of thousands of innocent people were put to the most cruel death. In some instances, they were burnt in their houses; ...

— Political Pamphlets • George Saintsbury

... Alfred. His Highness posed as a conservative in some matters; it pleased him to revive memories of the long-buried past. He cared little about ghosts. He liked to take things in hand. After remarking in his brisk epigrammatic fashion that "not everything old is putrid," he devoted his attention to the Cave of Mercury and caused a flight of convenient stairs to be built, wide enough to admit the passage of two of his fattest Privy Councillors walking abreast, ...

— South Wind • Norman Douglas

... miracle! The almost putrid water was purified. He brought it to his lips; it was fresh and agreeable; and after a short rest the traveler so far recovered his strength and energy as to be able to resume his journey. The lucky Arab gathered as many berries as he could, and having ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

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