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The state of being putrid
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putridity
Word definitions for putridity in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, from Medieval Latin putriditas , from Latin putridus (see putrid ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being putrid.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being putrid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Putridity \Pu*trid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. putridit['e].] The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
Usage examples of putridity.
In some cases it communicates its force by permanent presence the life principle in plants for instance--in other cases it withdraws after imparting its virtue--for instance where from the putridity of dead animal or vegetable matter a multitudinous birth is produced from one organism.
Cinched by solidifying putridity to the left side of the Drounge, the luckless biped found itself dragged helplessly forward.