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putredinous

putredinous adjective: resulting from putrefaction, or partaking in the putrefactive process.

Adjective

putredinous (comparative more putredinous, superlative most putredinous)

  1. (obsolete) Resulting from putrefaction, or partaking in the putrefactive process
  2. (obsolete) having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.

Forms of putredinous

comparativemore putredinous
superlativemost putredinous

Origin of putredinous

From Latin putredo (“rottenness”), from putrere (“to be rotten”). See putrid.

Questions about putredinous

What does putredinous mean?
Putredinous means resulting from putrefaction, or partaking in the putrefactive process.
What part of speech is putredinous?
Putredinous is an adjective.

Words near putredinous in the dictionary

  1. putpockets
  2. Putrajaya
  3. Putrakameshti
  4. putranjivaceous
  5. Putre
  6. putredinous
  7. putrefacient
  8. putrefacients
  9. putrefactant
  10. putrefactants
  11. putrefactible

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