rotidnes
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rotednesse
Etymology
From rotede + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔtidnɛs/, /ˈrɔːtidnɛs/
Noun
rotidnes (uncountable)
- Necrosis or putrefaction; The state of being gangrenous, infected or festering.
- Pussy matter; the results of suppuration or pus formation.
- (rare) Rotting or decomposition; the situation where something rots.
- (rare) The process where water usually becomes dirty.
Descendants
- English: rottedness
References
- “rō̆tednes(se (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-24.