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putrid

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  1. malodorous            
 
pu.trid \'pyu:-tr*d\ \pyu:-'trid-*t-e-\ \'pyu:-tr*d-le-\ aj [L putridus, 
   fr. putre-re to be rotten, fr. puter, putr]is rotten; akin to L pute-re to 
   stink - more at FOUL 1a: being in a state of putrefaction : ROTTEN  1b: of, 
   relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction : FOUL  2a: morally corrupt  
   2b: totally disagreeable or objectionable : VILE  - pu.trid.i.ty n