putid

English

Etymology

From Latin putidus. Compare French putide. Compare putrid.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpjuːtɪd/

Adjective

putid (comparative more putid, superlative most putid)

  1. rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless
    • 1651, Joseph Beaumont, Psyche
      Memorials of their putid Rottenneſſe
    • 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul
      thy putid muse

References
  • putid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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