Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being putrid; corruption; fetid rottenness.
- noun Putrid matter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
putrid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being putrid
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Examples
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The first, a worm bred in putridity; alluding to man's corruption.
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(Isa 5: 12; 24: 8), give place to the corruption and the stillness of the grave (Eze 32: 27). worm -- that is bred in putridity. worms -- properly those from which the crimson dye is obtained.
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But even "Nana" -- a novel in which he sets himself to delineate the life of the Parisian prostitute -- was miles removed from the ordinary pornographic putridity which is served up by some revelers in the roses and raptures of vice.
Emile Zola Anonymous 1902
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The Democratic Party is, to be sure, a trembling mass of political impotence, wholly unequipped to respond with the force of reason to the barrage of putridity with which they have been confronted of late.
Daniel Cluchey: The Shame of Our Nation Daniel Cluchey 2010
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"We are here today to fight against the miasma and putridity of the forces of retrogression that have led us to the precipice of political disaster," the MC said in a rapid-fire extemporaneous speech.
Nigeria Fringe Candidates Find Voice Will Connors 2011
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But the déjà vu has little to do with the Bucs\ 'descent into pre-Dungy putridity and much more to do with the TV show Lost.
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A nauseating wave of putridity rushed through the hole, invading the enclosed space, a profane stench of such profundity that Malachi recoiled with a strangled gasp, retreating to the farthest corner, where he doubled over, clutching his stomach.
The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009
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A nauseating wave of putridity rushed through the hole, invading the enclosed space, a profane stench of such profundity that Malachi recoiled with a strangled gasp, retreating to the farthest corner, where he doubled over, clutching his stomach.
The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009
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But the déjà vu has little to do with the Bucs\ 'descent into pre-Dungy putridity and much more to do with the TV show Lost.
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But the déjà vu has little to do with the Bucs 'descent into pre-Dungy putridity and much more to do with the TV show Lost.
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