putidadj.

1580 W. Fulke Discov. Daungerous Rocke in Retentiue 315 O putide and absurde slaunders.

1623 J. Abbot Iesus Præfigured ii. 62 The putid Berengorius mumbled so, And long since for an Heretique did go.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 28 in Poems Made up..by the putid officiousness of some Grammarians.

1681 R. Baxter Answer to Mr. Dodwell iv. 28 A chain of forgeries or putid falshoods.

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra v. v. 336 If Unclean Thoughts are unlawful; then unclean Words, are more so; all Putid and Corrupt Communication..And Fornication, and all Unclean Acts, still more.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §70. 556 He hath..framed so putid a Libel upon his Lordship.

1774 H. Norris Poems Var. Subj. 61 The last dim sparkles of the mould'ring fire Are quench'd in putid steams of black despair.

1851 M. Stuart Hints on Interpr. Prophecy (ed. 2) 194 I..ask the advocates and defenders of traditionary and patristical histories and legends..whether we are in sober earnest to believe in such putid fables as these?

1998 Africa News (Nexis) 20 Feb. It's disgusting. Loathsome, fetid, repellent, putid, offensive... These are the closest superlatives at describing Zambia's ill-fated adventure in Burkina Faso.

1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 21 Some putid or corrupt humors in the body.

1872 P. A. Chadbourne Instinct vii. 176 Flies lay eggs upon the Carrion-plant, because its odor has the same relation to their sense of smell, as the odor of putid flesh, upon which their young can feed.

2003 Dawn (Nexis) 31 Dec. No wonder it was essential to know how to correct putid meats and relieve dyspepsia!

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Putidity.

1654 J. Goodwin Peace Protected 29 The reflexion (as hath been already said, in effect) is palpably [printed papably]) and putidly calumnious.

1738 J. Constable Conversat. of Gentlemen vi. 230 That will never displease; and if not always diverting, at least will never be putidly disagreeable by silly Affectations.

1897 Sat. Rev. 7 May 552/2 What we most feebly and putidly nowadays call a lady-doctor.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xv. cclxxx. 294/2 Bold Jexeus, Bretheren no less In nature, than in lustfull Putidness.

1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα ii. xvi. 199 High-tasted sawces..applied to tainted meats, to make their putidness less perceptible.

1763 J. Johnson New Royal & Universal Eng. Dict. II. Putidness, meanness; vileness.