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putidus

Pronunciation: [ˈpuː.tɪ.dʊs]

“putidus” is a Latin word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. festering, infected, purulent, suppurating
  2. stinking, reeking, foul, mephitic
  3. old, half-rotten, withered, decrepit
  4. addled, worn-out
  5. tiresome, wearisome, objectionable, vexatious, offensive, disagreeable, disgusting
  6. unnatural, affected, stilted, pedantic

Etymology

From pūteō (“to stink”, “to be rotten or putrid”) + -idus (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).

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