English Explanatory Dictionary

rotting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of rot
noun
  1. The process by which something rots.
  2. Material that has rotted.

Word forms

rotting rottings

Etymology

From Middle English rotynge (“rotting”), from Old English rotung; equivalent to rot + -ing. Conflated with Middle English rotende, present participle of roten (“to rot”), from Old English rotiende, present participle of rotian (“to rot”).

Related words

nonrotting rottingly rottingness unrotting

Derived words

bed rotting
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