putrescence
putrescence noun: the condition of being putrid; decay.
Noun
putrescence (countable and uncountable, plural putrescences)
- The condition of being putrid; decay
- Putrid matter
- Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …1791, Presbyterio-Catholicon
putrescence meaning in Tamil and Kannada
putrescence in Tamil
- அழுகை
putrescence in Kannada
- ಕೊೞಕುತನ
Forms of putrescence
| plural | putrescences |
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Origin of putrescence
Borrowed from Medieval Latin putrēscentia.
Questions about putrescence
- What does putrescence mean?
- Putrescence means the condition of being putrid; decay.
- What is putrescence in Tamil?
- Putrescence in Tamil is அழுகை. See Putrescence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is putrescence?
- Putrescence is a noun.
- What is the plural of putrescence?
- The plural of putrescence is putrescences.
Words near putrescence in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: putrescence (page history and authors); putrescence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); putrescence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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