Category:Putrescent

Pu*tres"cent, a. Etym: [l. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow Rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See putrid.]

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.