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Putrescent

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Becoming putrid; putrefying.

    "When it is combined with that quantity of water with which it is found united in the gall-bladder, it is not more putrescent than the serum of the blood"

Adjective
  1. 1
    becoming putrid wordnet

Etymology

Attested since circa 1730, from Latin pūtrēscēns (“rotting”), present participle of pūtrēscō (“rot”).

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