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rottingness

rottingness noun: something which is undergoing rot or decomposition.

Noun

rottingness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Something which is undergoing rot or decomposition.
    • He sent women down to the beach to collect the guttings and debris left there, the rottingness of fish which stank so badly, the unsaltable entrails of cod and plaice and porpoise in wooden buckets.1992, Helen Flint, Making the angels weep, Heinemann, page 25
    • […]I felt as though I could never get away from death and...and rottingness, and I wouldn't talk to him any more. I couldn't.' 'I'm not surprised,' said Willow gently. 'But because I wouldn't talk, Andrew started to come home later and later every day, and then afterwards I found out where he'd...2016 February 1, Natasha Cooper, Sour Grapes: A Willow King Novel 7, Macmillan, page 93

Origin of rottingness

From Middle English rotyngnesse; equivalent to rotting + -ness.

Questions about rottingness

What does rottingness mean?
Rottingness means something which is undergoing rot or decomposition.
What part of speech is rottingness?
Rottingness is a noun.

Words near rottingness in the dictionary

  1. rotting through
  2. Rottingdean
  3. Rottinghaus
  4. Rottinghauses
  5. rottingly
  6. rottingness
  7. rottings
  8. rottis
  9. rottle
  10. rottlera
  11. rottleras

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