putrid

Meanings

1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
3. Vile, disgusting.
4. Morally corrupt.
5. Totally objectionable.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *puH-der. Latin puter Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin putreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin putridusder. Old French putridebor. ▲ Latin putridusbor. Middle English English putrid From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).