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putrilage

putrilage noun: something undergoing, or having undergone putrefaction.

Noun

putrilage

  1. (archaic) Something undergoing, or having undergone putrefaction.

Origin of putrilage

French putrilage, Latin putrilago (“putrefaction”).

Questions about putrilage

What does putrilage mean?
Putrilage means something undergoing, or having undergone putrefaction.
What part of speech is putrilage?
Putrilage is a noun.

Words near putrilage in the dictionary

  1. putrifications
  2. putrified
  3. putrifies
  4. putrify
  5. putrifying
  6. putrilage
  7. putry
  8. puts
  9. puts a band-aid on a bullet wound
  10. puts a block on
  11. puts a brave face on

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