putrescentadj.

Brit.

/pjuːˈtrɛsnt/, U.S.

/pjuˈtrɛs(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin putrēscent-, putrēscēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin putrēscent-, putrēscēns, present participle of putrēscere to putrefy, decay < putrēre to be rotten (see putrid adj.) + -ēscere (see -escent suffix). Compare Middle French, French putrescent becoming putrid (1549 in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 1790).

1. Becoming putrid; in the process of putrefaction.

ΘΚΠ

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

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

rottingeOE

corrupting1567

putrefactive1610

putrescent1624

festerous1628

putrefying1746–7

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 454 Seminall causes, or true materials, conuerted by heate, fire, and art; or things putrescent, formed, and animated by the heate of the Sunne, and other secret and naturall causes.

1701 tr. F. Burgersdijck Introd. Art Logick i. xvii. 64 The Proëgumenal [Cause of the Fever], the Skin bound up and Evaporation hindred; the Containing, the Humour Putrescent and accended.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 256 The State of a putrescent Alkali.

1800 R. Watson Chem. Ess. (ed. 7) I. 188 The heat of putrescent dunghills.

1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 225 Putrescent manures..all animal and vegetable substances which can be reduced through decomposition, fermentation, and putrefaction, into such a state as will render them fit to assist the melioration of the land.

1881 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air 67 Bacteria were numerous in the exposed tubes, and soon afterwards all three of them became thickly muddy and putrescent.

1956 J. Baldwin Giovanni's Room i. i. 15 She figured in my nightmares, blind with worms,..straining to press me against her body; that body so putrescent, so sickening soft.

1994 Harper's Mag. Mar. 68/3 Hazes are often yellow, as are night mists, miasmas, noxious effluvia, and eerie contagions once thought to emanate from putrescent matter, swamps, etc., and to float in the air.

2. Of, relating to, or accompanying putrescence. Also figurative.Quots. 1729 (in which the uncertainty of sense is greatest), 1775, and 1849-52 could alternatively be interpreted as showing sense 1.

ΚΠ

1729 tr. H. Boerhaave Treat. Venereal Dis. 74 Unless..he do refrain at least a Month or two longer from fat and putrescent Diet [L. à pinguibus arcueris pabulis, atque à putrescentibus facile cohibueris], you'll repent you have so long tortur'd him to so little Purpose.

1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 10 Stronger Wines are more apt to degenerate..into a vapid, ropy, and at length a putrescent state.

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 862/1 We find game, in a putrescent state, eaten as a luxury.

1859 Harper's Mag. May 768/1 As I raised it, a close, mouldy, putrescent smell issued from the subterranean recesses.

1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 40 He saw God's features, in the dim putrescent light Of his own sick imaginings.

1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room i. 13 Yanked from the putrescent banalities of an official non-existence into a high and clear adventure, by a deus ex machina in a grey-blue uniform.

1990 Endodontics & Dental Traumatol. 6 213 No significant relationship was established between the amount of each polyamine and the presence of putrescent odor or gingival swelling.

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

单词	putrescent
释义	putrescentadj. Brit. /pjuːˈtrɛsnt/, U.S. /pjuˈtrɛs(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin putrēscent-, putrēscēns. Etymology: < classical Latin putrēscent-, putrēscēns, present participle of putrēscere to putrefy, decay < putrēre to be rotten (see putrid adj.) + -ēscere (see -escent suffix). Compare Middle French, French putrescent becoming putrid (1549 in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 1790). 1. Becoming putrid; in the process of putrefaction. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied > becoming rotten or putrefied rottingeOE corrupting1567 putrefactive1610 putrescent1624 festerous1628 putrefying1746–7 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 454 Seminall causes, or true materials, conuerted by heate, fire, and art; or things putrescent, formed, and animated by the heate of the Sunne, and other secret and naturall causes. 1701 tr. F. Burgersdijck Introd. Art Logick i. xvii. 64 The Proëgumenal [Cause of the Fever], the Skin bound up and Evaporation hindred; the Containing, the Humour Putrescent and accended. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 256 The State of a putrescent Alkali. 1800 R. Watson Chem. Ess. (ed. 7) I. 188 The heat of putrescent dunghills. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 225 Putrescent manures..all animal and vegetable substances which can be reduced through decomposition, fermentation, and putrefaction, into such a state as will render them fit to assist the melioration of the land. 1881 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air 67 Bacteria were numerous in the exposed tubes, and soon afterwards all three of them became thickly muddy and putrescent. 1956 J. Baldwin Giovanni's Room i. i. 15 She figured in my nightmares, blind with worms,..straining to press me against her body; that body so putrescent, so sickening soft. 1994 Harper's Mag. Mar. 68/3 Hazes are often yellow, as are night mists, miasmas, noxious effluvia, and eerie contagions once thought to emanate from putrescent matter, swamps, etc., and to float in the air. 2. Of, relating to, or accompanying putrescence. Also figurative.Quots. 1729 (in which the uncertainty of sense is greatest), 1775, and 1849-52 could alternatively be interpreted as showing sense 1. ΚΠ 1729 tr. H. Boerhaave Treat. Venereal Dis. 74 Unless..he do refrain at least a Month or two longer from fat and putrescent Diet [L. à pinguibus arcueris pabulis, atque à putrescentibus facile cohibueris], you'll repent you have so long tortur'd him to so little Purpose. 1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 10 Stronger Wines are more apt to degenerate..into a vapid, ropy, and at length a putrescent state. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 862/1 We find game, in a putrescent state, eaten as a luxury. 1859 Harper's Mag. May 768/1 As I raised it, a close, mouldy, putrescent smell issued from the subterranean recesses. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 40 He saw God's features, in the dim putrescent light Of his own sick imaginings. 1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room i. 13 Yanked from the putrescent banalities of an official non-existence into a high and clear adventure, by a deus ex machina in a grey-blue uniform. 1990 Endodontics & Dental Traumatol. 6 213 No significant relationship was established between the amount of each polyamine and the presence of putrescent odor or gingival swelling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1624
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