Of the nature of or resembling pus; consisting of or containing pus.

Consisting of, or pertaining to, corrupting flesh. (Usually with some notion of contempt.)

Of the nature of carrion; corrupt, vile, loathsome.

Pertaining to or characteristic of corruption; corrupt. Obsolete.

Undergoing or marked by putrefaction; rotting, putrid.

Characteristic or of the nature of putrefaction; tainted with the products of putrefaction, foul. Formerly also: †putrefactive (obsolete).

Of, relating to, produced by, or characterized by putrefaction; indicative of putrefaction.