Putrid
Putrid , adjective
[Latin putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, from puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: compare French 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.
Collocations (2)
Putrid fever (Medicine) , typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
Putrid sore throat (Medicine) , a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.