putrid

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
  2. adjective in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; - Somerset Maugham
  3. adjective morally corrupt or evil

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).

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