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PUTRESCENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Becoming putrid

Example:

a trail lined by putrescent carcasses

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

stale (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age)

Derivation:

putrescence (the quality of rotting and becoming putrid)

putrescence (in a state of progressive putrefaction)

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