(py′trid)adjective 1. Being in a state of putrefaction; decomposed or decomposing; rotten: putrid meat. 2. Indicating or produced by putrefaction: a putrid smell. 3. Rotten; corrupt. See synonyms under BAD1, ROTTEN.[<L putridus <putrere. See PUTREFY.] —pu·trid′i·tynoun —pu′trid·nessnoun
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