putridity

English

Etymology

From French putridité.

Noun

putridity (countable and uncountable, plural putridities)

1. The state of being putrid.
   • 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page xii:

     I see no need to expound further upon the putridity of this rancid weed.

2. Putrid matter.
   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎^[1]:

     This gush of putridity was blown southwards by the breeze, and descended upon the unhappy crowd who had waited so long and so patiently upon the crest of the Downs to see what would happen.

Synonyms

• putridness