rottingn.

Brit.

/ˈrɒtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɑdɪŋ/

Forms: Old English–early Middle English rotung, Middle English retynge (probably transmission error), Middle English rooting, Middle English rootyng, Middle English roting, Middle English rotinge, Middle English rotyng, Middle English rotynge, Middle English– rotting, 1500s rottinge, 1500s rottynge, 1500s–1600s rottyng; also Scottish pre-1700 roting, pre-1700 rutting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rot v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < rot v. + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier retting n.

a. The action or process of rot v. (in various senses); an instance of this. Also (in plural): rotten or putrid matter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition

rottingOE

rottennessc1350

rottednessa1398

putredea1400

rotnessa1400

rotshipa1400

rottenhead?c1400

putridness?a1425

corruptness1561

putriture1569

putritude1617

putridity1628

putidness1648

feculency1651

putrescency1752

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun] > process of

rottingOE

corruption1377

rotc1384

putrefactiona1400

putrification1548

putriture1569

tainting1593

decay1594

putrescence1646

decomposition1777

sepsis1813

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition > rotting or putrefying

rottingOE

corruption1377

putrefactiona1400

putrification1548

putriture1569

tainting1593

putrescence1646

putredo1680

OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxix. 8 Drihten, hu nyt is þe min slæge, oþþe min cwalu, oððe min rotung on byrgenne [L. dum descendo in corruptionem]?

c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 167 (MED) As..basme wit þet deade licome þet is þer wið ismiret from rotunge. Al swa deð meidenhad meidenes..flesch wið ute wemmunge halt.

a1325 Assumption of Virgin (Corpus Cambr.) l. 232 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 373 (MED) Þi body..Wiþoute wem also of rotynge hit schel arise of stone.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 211^v A plaunte is y-gendred and comeþ forþ of seed, of rootyng [L. putredine], of humour, of water..and of graffes of oon in to an oþer.

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 51 (MED) Murre..bitokeneþ bitter penaunce and sorwe þat schal saue þi soule fro rotinge in sinne.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 33 (MED) Yf þou wylle kepe þe tayle of a dere Fresshe in seson over þo ȝere, Or oþer venesone..Presse out þo blode..Þat is cause for grete rotyng.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQQiii^v That vile & stynkyng caryon..lyeth in putrifaction or rottyng.

?1587 R. Southwell Epist. Comfort v. f. 59^v What cankers, fistuloes, vlcers, and rottings, what wolfes, sores, and festered carbuncles.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pourris, a suppuration, a rotting.

1674 M. Barker Nat. Theol. v. 78 The withering of the Branches ariseth from the decay and rotting of the Root.

1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 338 The black earth, composed in a great measure of the rottings of vegetables, is more generally incumbent on sand than on mortar.

1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 306 The ordinary process of decomposition in wood by what is technically termed ‘rotting’.

1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 174 The ice now began to show signs of rotting.

1925 W. D. Steele in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1926) 254 That memory... Hidden away, clamped down in the dark, till..the murderous vapours of its rotting had filled the shut-up house.

1960 R. E. Duncan Opening of Field 43 It is only the midden heap, Beauty: shards, scraps of leftover food, rottings.

2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) xi. 275 The stench of the indeterminate rotting greets me as I..look at the cartons of cottage cheese in various stages of putrification.

b. With adverbs, as rotting away, rotting down. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Tabificus, That bringeth to consumption, pyninge, or rottinge away.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1248 They are good for those that haue the phthisike, or rotting away of the lungs.

1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June xi. 123 Its causing the Diminution of the Milk, the Rotting away of the Creature's Feet, and the infecting of other sound ones.

1838 Farmers' Reg. 1 Dec. 544/1 An interesting account of the sinking..which is more properly the rotting away of vegetable soil, after its being dried and cultivated.

1851 New Hampsh. Jrnl. Med. 2 44 The rotting down of the lungs, cancer of the stomach, or ulceration of the small intestines, have as much to do with matter as with spirit.

1901 Green Bag 13 40/2 He [sc. Jephthah] died of a rotting away of his limbs.

1916 J. Galsworthy Sheaf 269 Economically..such rotting-down of the boys is grievously short-sighted.

2008 Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. 17 A lot of work to be done. There's the stocking up, the dying back and rotting down: preparing for the winter.

2. = retting n. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > [noun] > processes in working with flax or hemp

retting1611

rottinga1682

water retting1710

water rotting1714

ret1849

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 54 This was the first preparation of Flax, and before fluviation or rotting.

1770 L. Carter Diary 23 Nov. (1965) I. 525 This seems to be the only inconveniency in this way of winter rotting [of flax].

1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. II. xix. 257 The process they have adopted is termed rotting, by laying it [sc. flax] on the ground, to make the outer skin divide from the bun.

1919 E. B. McGowan & C. A. Waite Textiles & Clothing v. 104 One of the most important processes in the preparation of flax is the retting or rotting of the outer stalk.

1941 E. Starkie Lady's Child iii. v. 250 In the north of Ireland, there were no rotting factories where the flax could be soaked in..seclusion.

2002 P. E. Rivard New Order Things v. 28 This rotting, or ‘retting’, was accomplished by weighting down bundles of stalks in a moist area such as a stream, pond, or bog.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rottingadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɑdɪŋ/

Forms: Old English rotigende, Middle English rotand, Middle English roting, Middle English rotyng, Middle English rotynge, 1500s roating, 1500s rottinge, 1500s rottyng, 1500s rottynge, 1500s– rotting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rot v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < rot v. + -ing suffix².

1. That is affected with rot; undergoing or subject to decomposition or decay; rotten. Also figurative.With reference to ice in quot. 1961, see rotten adj. 3c.

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

eOE Recipe (Louvain Omont 3) in Anglia (1977) 95 292 Wyrc god dust to rotigendum dolge.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28823 Be þis lede þou ta bisning þis heui rotand werlds thing.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 98 Þe rotyng [L. corruptibilis] flesch suffyrs not owr mynde in god bisily to be borne.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon ii. ccxciii. sig. U.iv/2 The same water heleth the rottyng fowle gommes.

1595 W. Perkins Expos. Creed Apostles 328 By the preaching of his word, he raiseth all sortes of sinners euen such as haue lien long in their sinnes, as rotting and stinking carrion.

1638 A. Cowley Loves Riddle iii. sig. C6 Goe, get you gone, looke to your rotting cattell.

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe iii. 150 The stench of the rotting fish.

1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iii. 164 Of straw he made his bed, While moths upon his rotting carpet fed.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. xxi. 222 Each well Was choked with rotting corpses.

1859 C. Kingsley Misc. II. 40 He sketches for us the rotting and dying Church.

1939 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Journey to War 93 The sweet stench of gas-gangrene from a rotting leg.

1961 Life 16 June 45/2 Seal hunting severely hampered by rotting ice.

2003 New Yorker 29 May 88/1 Where fungi sprout from rotting picnic tables and barbecues are festooned with bindweed.

2. That causes rottenness.

ΘΚΠ

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

putrefactive?a1425

rotting?c1425

putrefying1565

putrid1628

putrefactory1650

putrefacient1849

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

putrefactive?a1425

rotting?c1425

putrefying1565

corruptive1609

putrid1628

putrefactory1650

putrefacient1849

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 610 A rotyng [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. Putrefactiue] medecyne..is þat þat ledeþ into stynkynge moysture..in rotynge þe complexioun of flesche..to þe liknesse of flesche þat is made carioun.

1555 R. Eden Fyrst Vyage Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde sig. SSSs.ii^v (margin) Rottinge heate.

1563 Burnynge Paules Church sig. Bii The good shepeherde will not lette hys shepe feede in hurtful and roating pastures.

1620 G. Wither Exercises vpon First Psalme 141 Neither Summers heat, nor Winters cold, Nor sterrile drought, nor rotting wet, offends.

1658 E. Ashmole Way to Bliss ii. i. 60 Any gentle, continual, equal, and moist, that is, any rotting Heat.

1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. ii. 3 The rotting moisture we have spoken of.

1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 49 The prisoners..in their rotting dungeons lay.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 547 In a rotting climate like West Africa.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. iv. 82 The sister had worked in a factory where some sort of poison that had a rotting effect on the human body was used in the manufacture.

1994 White Dwarf Mar. 27/1 This cowled skeletal figure is able to invoke a Plague Wind that infects any model within 15cm with a deadly rotting disease.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rotting
释义	rottingn. Brit. /ˈrɒtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɑdɪŋ/ Forms: Old English–early Middle English rotung, Middle English retynge (probably transmission error), Middle English rooting, Middle English rootyng, Middle English roting, Middle English rotinge, Middle English rotyng, Middle English rotynge, Middle English– rotting, 1500s rottinge, 1500s rottynge, 1500s–1600s rottyng; also Scottish pre-1700 roting, pre-1700 rutting. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rot v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rot v. + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier retting n. 1. a. The action or process of rot v. (in various senses); an instance of this. Also (in plural): rotten or putrid matter. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition rottingOE rottennessc1350 rottednessa1398 putredea1400 rotnessa1400 rotshipa1400 rottenhead?c1400 putridness?a1425 corruptness1561 putriture1569 putritude1617 putridity1628 putidness1648 feculency1651 putrescency1752 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun] > process of rottingOE corruption1377 rotc1384 putrefactiona1400 putrification1548 putriture1569 tainting1593 decay1594 putrescence1646 decomposition1777 sepsis1813 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition > rotting or putrefying rottingOE corruption1377 putrefactiona1400 putrification1548 putriture1569 tainting1593 putrescence1646 putredo1680 OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxix. 8 Drihten, hu nyt is þe min slæge, oþþe min cwalu, oððe min rotung on byrgenne [L. dum descendo in corruptionem]? c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 167 (MED) As..basme wit þet deade licome þet is þer wið ismiret from rotunge. Al swa deð meidenhad meidenes..flesch wið ute wemmunge halt. a1325 Assumption of Virgin (Corpus Cambr.) l. 232 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 373 (MED) Þi body..Wiþoute wem also of rotynge hit schel arise of stone. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 211^v A plaunte is y-gendred and comeþ forþ of seed, of rootyng [L. putredine], of humour, of water..and of graffes of oon in to an oþer. c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 51 (MED) Murre..bitokeneþ bitter penaunce and sorwe þat schal saue þi soule fro rotinge in sinne. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 33 (MED) Yf þou wylle kepe þe tayle of a dere Fresshe in seson over þo ȝere, Or oþer venesone..Presse out þo blode..Þat is cause for grete rotyng. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQQiii^v That vile & stynkyng caryon..lyeth in putrifaction or rottyng. ?1587 R. Southwell Epist. Comfort v. f. 59^v What cankers, fistuloes, vlcers, and rottings, what wolfes, sores, and festered carbuncles. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pourris, a suppuration, a rotting. 1674 M. Barker Nat. Theol. v. 78 The withering of the Branches ariseth from the decay and rotting of the Root. 1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 338 The black earth, composed in a great measure of the rottings of vegetables, is more generally incumbent on sand than on mortar. 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 306 The ordinary process of decomposition in wood by what is technically termed ‘rotting’. 1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 174 The ice now began to show signs of rotting. 1925 W. D. Steele in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1926) 254 That memory... Hidden away, clamped down in the dark, till..the murderous vapours of its rotting had filled the shut-up house. 1960 R. E. Duncan Opening of Field 43 It is only the midden heap, Beauty: shards, scraps of leftover food, rottings. 2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) xi. 275 The stench of the indeterminate rotting greets me as I..look at the cartons of cottage cheese in various stages of putrification. b. With adverbs, as rotting away, rotting down. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Tabificus, That bringeth to consumption, pyninge, or rottinge away. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1248 They are good for those that haue the phthisike, or rotting away of the lungs. 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June xi. 123 Its causing the Diminution of the Milk, the Rotting away of the Creature's Feet, and the infecting of other sound ones. 1838 Farmers' Reg. 1 Dec. 544/1 An interesting account of the sinking..which is more properly the rotting away of vegetable soil, after its being dried and cultivated. 1851 New Hampsh. Jrnl. Med. 2 44 The rotting down of the lungs, cancer of the stomach, or ulceration of the small intestines, have as much to do with matter as with spirit. 1901 Green Bag 13 40/2 He [sc. Jephthah] died of a rotting away of his limbs. 1916 J. Galsworthy Sheaf 269 Economically..such rotting-down of the boys is grievously short-sighted. 2008 Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. 17 A lot of work to be done. There's the stocking up, the dying back and rotting down: preparing for the winter. 2. = retting n. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > [noun] > processes in working with flax or hemp retting1611 rottinga1682 water retting1710 water rotting1714 ret1849 a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 54 This was the first preparation of Flax, and before fluviation or rotting. 1770 L. Carter Diary 23 Nov. (1965) I. 525 This seems to be the only inconveniency in this way of winter rotting [of flax]. 1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. II. xix. 257 The process they have adopted is termed rotting, by laying it [sc. flax] on the ground, to make the outer skin divide from the bun. 1919 E. B. McGowan & C. A. Waite Textiles & Clothing v. 104 One of the most important processes in the preparation of flax is the retting or rotting of the outer stalk. 1941 E. Starkie Lady's Child iii. v. 250 In the north of Ireland, there were no rotting factories where the flax could be soaked in..seclusion. 2002 P. E. Rivard New Order Things v. 28 This rotting, or ‘retting’, was accomplished by weighting down bundles of stalks in a moist area such as a stream, pond, or bog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rottingadj. Brit. /ˈrɒtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɑdɪŋ/ Forms: Old English rotigende, Middle English rotand, Middle English roting, Middle English rotyng, Middle English rotynge, 1500s roating, 1500s rottinge, 1500s rottyng, 1500s rottynge, 1500s– rotting. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rot v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < rot v. + -ing suffix². 1. That is affected with rot; undergoing or subject to decomposition or decay; rotten. Also figurative.With reference to ice in quot. 1961, see rotten adj. 3c. 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 eOE Recipe (Louvain Omont 3) in Anglia (1977) 95 292 Wyrc god dust to rotigendum dolge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28823 Be þis lede þou ta bisning þis heui rotand werlds thing. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 98 Þe rotyng [L. corruptibilis] flesch suffyrs not owr mynde in god bisily to be borne. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon ii. ccxciii. sig. U.iv/2 The same water heleth the rottyng fowle gommes. 1595 W. Perkins Expos. Creed Apostles 328 By the preaching of his word, he raiseth all sortes of sinners euen such as haue lien long in their sinnes, as rotting and stinking carrion. 1638 A. Cowley Loves Riddle iii. sig. C6 Goe, get you gone, looke to your rotting cattell. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe iii. 150 The stench of the rotting fish. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iii. 164 Of straw he made his bed, While moths upon his rotting carpet fed. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. xxi. 222 Each well Was choked with rotting corpses. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. II. 40 He sketches for us the rotting and dying Church. 1939 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Journey to War 93 The sweet stench of gas-gangrene from a rotting leg. 1961 Life 16 June 45/2 Seal hunting severely hampered by rotting ice. 2003 New Yorker 29 May 88/1 Where fungi sprout from rotting picnic tables and barbecues are festooned with bindweed. 2. That causes rottenness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > causing corruption or putridness putrefactive?a1425 rotting?c1425 putrefying1565 putrid1628 putrefactory1650 putrefacient1849 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied > causing rot or putrefaction putrefactive?a1425 rotting?c1425 putrefying1565 corruptive1609 putrid1628 putrefactory1650 putrefacient1849 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 610 A rotyng [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. Putrefactiue] medecyne..is þat þat ledeþ into stynkynge moysture..in rotynge þe complexioun of flesche..to þe liknesse of flesche þat is made carioun. 1555 R. Eden Fyrst Vyage Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde sig. SSSs.ii^v (margin) Rottinge heate. 1563 Burnynge Paules Church sig. Bii The good shepeherde will not lette hys shepe feede in hurtful and roating pastures. 1620 G. Wither Exercises vpon First Psalme 141 Neither Summers heat, nor Winters cold, Nor sterrile drought, nor rotting wet, offends. 1658 E. Ashmole Way to Bliss ii. i. 60 Any gentle, continual, equal, and moist, that is, any rotting Heat. 1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. ii. 3 The rotting moisture we have spoken of. 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 49 The prisoners..in their rotting dungeons lay. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 547 In a rotting climate like West Africa. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. iv. 82 The sister had worked in a factory where some sort of poison that had a rotting effect on the human body was used in the manufacture. 1994 White Dwarf Mar. 27/1 This cowled skeletal figure is able to invoke a Plague Wind that infects any model within 15cm with a deadly rotting disease. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OEadj.eOE
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