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“more putrescent”
putrescent (adjective), more putrescent, most putrescent
1. Referring to something that is decaying or rotting: The employees of the grocery store had to get rid of the putrescent fruits and vegetables before it opened for its customers.
2. Etymology: from Latin putrescentem; from putrescere, "to grow rotten" from putrere, "to be rotten."
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2. Etymology: from Latin putrescentem; from putrescere, "to grow rotten" from putrere, "to be rotten."
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putre-, putri-, putid- +
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