What does putrescence mean?
Putrescence means The condition of being putrid; decay.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The condition of being putrid; decay.
Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …
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Putrescence means The condition of being putrid; decay.
Common synonyms include corruption, rottenness, putridness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …
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