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   pu·trid

   /ˈpyo͞otrid/

   adjective

   • 1. (of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell.
   • ▪ of or characteristic of rotting matter: "the putrid smells from the slaughterhouses"
   • ▪ very unpleasant; repulsive: "the cocktail is a putrid pink color"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin putridus, from putrere ‘to rot’, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. putridity noun
   • 2. putridly adverb
   • 3. putridness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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