Putrescence
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Putrescence is a noun meaning The condition of being putrid; decay.
Meaning
The condition of being putrid; decay.
More Meanings
- Putrid matter
Example Sentences
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, …
Word Forms
- putrescences
Synonyms for putrescence
Depending on context, synonyms include corruption, rottenness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rottenness, corruption, putrescency, putridity, putrefaction, rottingness.
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