putrescence

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putrescence

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin putrēscentia.

noun putrescences

countable, uncountable The condition of being putrid; decay
countable, uncountable Putrid matter Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …

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@misc{putrescence_2026,
  title = {putrescence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/putrescence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}