Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PU'TRID
PU-TRES'CI-BLEPU'TRID-NESS, or PU-TRID'I-TY
PU'TRID, a. [Fr. putride; L. putridus, from putris, putreo.]
- In a state of dissolution or disorganization, as animal and vegetable bodies; corrupt; rotten; as, putrid flesh.
- Indicating a state of dissolution; tending to disorganize the substances composing the body.
- Proceeding from putrefaction or pertaining to it; as, a putrid scent.
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