Etymology

putredinous

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Today it means: Resulting from putrefaction, or partaking in the putrefactive process Full definition →

Latin putredo
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  1. Latin · derived fromputredo“rottenness”
  2. English todayputredinous

From Latin putredo (“rottenness”), from putrere (“to be rotten”). See putrid.

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