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PUTRIDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does putridness mean?
• PUTRIDNESS (noun)
The noun PUTRIDNESS has 1 sense:
1. in a state of progressive putrefaction
Familiarity information: PUTRIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a state of progressive putrefaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
corruption; putrescence; putridness; rottenness
Hypernyms ("putridness" is a kind of...):
putrefaction; rot (a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor)
Derivation:
putrid (in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor)
putrid (of or relating to or attended by putrefaction)
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