Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ROT'TEN
ROT'TEN, a. [rot'n; Sw. rutten.]
- Putrid; carious; decomposed by the natural process of decay; as, a rotten plank.
- Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective in principle; treacherous; deceitful.
- Defective in substance; not sound or hard. Knolles.
- Fetid; ill smelling. Shak.
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