Definition of Putriscent

Definition of Putriscent

Pu*tres"cent (?), a. [L. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See Putrid.] 1. Becoming putrid or rotten.

Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core.

Motley.

2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

becoming putrid; putrefying

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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