Definition of Putred
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.
2. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Rotting.
- Vile, disgusting.
- being in a state of putrefaction.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction.
- morally corrupt
- totally objectionable
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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