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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pū'trid, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. putridus, from putrere, to be rotten, from puter, or putris, rotten, from putere, to stink, to be rotten; Fr. putride, Pr. putrid, Sp., Pg., & It. putrido. See PUTID.]

  1. Tending to dissolution or decay: decomposed; rotten; — said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh.
  2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid scent.