putid

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