Rottedness

Quick meaning: Rottedness is a noun meaning (rare) rottenness.

Meaning

(rare) rottenness.

Example Sentences

[…] Then, in the crisp rottedness / That lines the question marks of steam / Coiling out of the potholes / Which I manage to avoid for the most part, / I ponder my wheelbarrow , and all / Of its inner-meaning, / which is far sweeter […]

To behold earth itself as compost (rather than a small section or heap of it) is to behold it in the condition of rottedness and manure, of waste and leavings. But the shift is not only tonal or textural, from sweet green growth to fetid brown decay.

That in others of these states, [and particularly in those to the eastward of the union,¹] this germ of rottedness in the constitution of juries has been carefully excluded, and their laws have provided with laudable foresight for the appointment of jurors by selectmen chosen by the people themselves[…]

Synonyms for rottedness

Depending on context, synonyms include rottenness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heartrot, softrot, gangrene, hoofrot, nearthrosis, rust.

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