Meaning

adjective of or relating to or attended by putrefaction

adjective in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; - Somerset Maugham

adjective morally corrupt or evil

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *puH-der. Latin puter Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin putreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin putridusder. Old French putridebor. ▲ Latin putridusbor. Middle English English putrid From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or…

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