putrescent
adjective
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Pronunciation: /pjuˈtɹɛsənt/
adj
Etymology: Attested since circa 1730, from Latin pūtrēscēns (“rotting”), present participle of pūtrēscō (“rot”).
- Becoming putrid; putrefying.
“When it is combined with that quantity of water with which it is found united in the gall-bladder, it is not more putrescent than the serum of the blood”
“This same reason accounts to a considerable extent for the fact, that soft steeping liquor, if seldom changed, becomes much more putrescent than hard water retained with the same barleys for a similar period in cistern.”