PUTRIDLY
Etymology
Adverb
putridly (comparative more putridly, superlative most putridly)
In a putrid manner.
Anagrams
• turpidly
Source: Wiktionary
PUTRID
Pu"trid, a. Etym: [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, fr.puter,
or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. F. putride.
See Pus, Foul, a.]
1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of
animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or
vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. Putrid fever (Med.), typhus
fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the
discharges and diseased textures of the body.
– Putrid sore throat (Med.), a gangrenous inflammation of the
fauces and pharynx.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition