# putredinous

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Resulting from putrefaction, or partaking in the putrefactive process
2. having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.

## Etymology
From Latin putredo (“rottenness”), from putrere (“to be rotten”). See putrid.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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