- (a.) Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
- (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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