English

putrid

Putrid may come from Old French putride.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

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Earliest quotation: 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix pseudonyms;, The Scourge of Villanie. […]: “Quake guzzell dogs, that live on putrid slime.”

adj Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.

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