putrescent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite becoming putrid
    • a trail lined by putrescent carcasses

WordNet

Pu*tres"cent adjective
Etymology
L. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See Putrid.
Definitions
  1. Becoming putrid or rotten.
    Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. Motley.
  2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.

Webster 1913