資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Putrid \Pu"trid\, a. [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.