putrefactiousadj.

Brit.

/ˌpjuːtrᵻˈfakʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌpjutrəˈfækʃəs/

Forms: 1600s 1800s putrifactious, 1600s 1900s– putrefactious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin putrefact- , putrefacere , -ious suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin putrefact-, past participial stem of putrefacere putrefact v. + -ious suffix.

Now rare.

Undergoing putrefaction; putrid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied

forrottedc897

foulOE

rotted?c1225

rottena1250

corruptc1380

enraged1398

putrefieda1413

purulent?a1425

putrid?a1425

ranka1425

rottenly1435

corrupped1533

corruptious1559

attainted1573

rot1573

putrefacted1574

baggage1576

tainted1577

pourryc1580

corruptive1593

putrilaginous1598

putrefactious1609

taint1620

putid1660

rottenish1691

septic1746

corrupted1807

mullocky1839

rotty1872

seething1875

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > corrupt or putrid

rottingeOE

foulOE

rotted?c1225

rottena1250

corruptc1380

putrefieda1413

putrid?a1425

ranka1425

rottenly1435

pourryc1450

moskin1531

corrupped1533

corrupting1567

attainted1573

rot1573

putrefacted1574

baggage1576

tainted1577

pury1602

putrefactious1609

putrefactive1610

taint1620

putrescent1624

festerous1628

putid1660

scandalous1676

rottenish1691

putrefying1746–7

septic1746

corrupted1807

decomposing1833

decomposed1846

seething1875

1609 W. M. Man in Moone D iij Your complexion..shall be of a saffron colour; your cheekes, thinne; your nosethrils putrifactious;..your breath, noysome.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 2178 Drunkennesse, whose putrefactious slime Darkens the splendour of our common wealth.

1697 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens II. 379 This pure Birth in you will prevent that: for it scents all, what is of this Principle, as a putrefactious life; and therefore flies from it to its own express incorruptibility.

1850 Star & Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 26 July The house was a low, dingy, dark, unventilated and filthy rookery, and seemed a pent up box of every putrifactious odor known.

1999 Africa News (Nexis) 10 Nov. The Abacha name for obvious reasons, has regularly provided the media with a bottomless honeypot. But then, journalists are not the only segment of the society that salivates over the somewhat putrefactious name.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	putrefactious
释义	putrefactiousadj. Brit. /ˌpjuːtrᵻˈfakʃəs/, U.S. /ˌpjutrəˈfækʃəs/ Forms: 1600s 1800s putrifactious, 1600s 1900s– putrefactious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin putrefact- , putrefacere , -ious suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin putrefact-, past participial stem of putrefacere putrefact v. + -ious suffix. Now rare. Undergoing putrefaction; putrid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied forrottedc897 foulOE rotted?c1225 rottena1250 corruptc1380 enraged1398 putrefieda1413 purulent?a1425 putrid?a1425 ranka1425 rottenly1435 corrupped1533 corruptious1559 attainted1573 rot1573 putrefacted1574 baggage1576 tainted1577 pourryc1580 corruptive1593 putrilaginous1598 putrefactious1609 taint1620 putid1660 rottenish1691 septic1746 corrupted1807 mullocky1839 rotty1872 seething1875 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > corrupt or putrid rottingeOE foulOE rotted?c1225 rottena1250 corruptc1380 putrefieda1413 putrid?a1425 ranka1425 rottenly1435 pourryc1450 moskin1531 corrupped1533 corrupting1567 attainted1573 rot1573 putrefacted1574 baggage1576 tainted1577 pury1602 putrefactious1609 putrefactive1610 taint1620 putrescent1624 festerous1628 putid1660 scandalous1676 rottenish1691 putrefying1746–7 septic1746 corrupted1807 decomposing1833 decomposed1846 seething1875 1609 W. M. Man in Moone D iij Your complexion..shall be of a saffron colour; your cheekes, thinne; your nosethrils putrifactious;..your breath, noysome. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 2178 Drunkennesse, whose putrefactious slime Darkens the splendour of our common wealth. 1697 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens II. 379 This pure Birth in you will prevent that: for it scents all, what is of this Principle, as a putrefactious life; and therefore flies from it to its own express incorruptibility. 1850 Star & Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 26 July The house was a low, dingy, dark, unventilated and filthy rookery, and seemed a pent up box of every putrifactious odor known. 1999 Africa News (Nexis) 10 Nov. The Abacha name for obvious reasons, has regularly provided the media with a bottomless honeypot. But then, journalists are not the only segment of the society that salivates over the somewhat putrefactious name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1609
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