putrefiedadj.1
/ˈpjuːtrᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈpjutrəˌfaɪd/ Of animal matter: that has partly decayed or decomposed, with the production of a foul smell; that has undergone putrefaction. Also figurative: corrupt, rotten.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied
forrottedc897
foulOE
rotted?c1225
rottena1250
corruptc1380
enraged1398
putrefieda1413
purulent?a1425
putrid?a1425
ranka1425
rottenly1435
corrupped1533
corruptious1559
attainted1573
rot1573
putrefacted1574
baggage1576
tainted1577
pourryc1580
corruptive1593
putrilaginous1598
putrefactious1609
taint1620
putid1660
rottenish1691
septic1746
corrupted1807
mullocky1839
rotty1872
seething1875
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > corrupt or putrid
rottingeOE
foulOE
rotted?c1225
rottena1250
corruptc1380
putrefieda1413
putrid?a1425
ranka1425
rottenly1435
pourryc1450
moskin1531
corrupped1533
corrupting1567
attainted1573
rot1573
putrefacted1574
baggage1576
tainted1577
pury1602
putrefactious1609
putrefactive1610
taint1620
putrescent1624
festerous1628
putid1660
scandalous1676
rottenish1691
putrefying1746–7
septic1746
corrupted1807
decomposing1833
decomposed1846
seething1875
a1413 in J. Norri Names of Sicknesses in Eng. 1400–1550 (1992) 155 Rede colerik humour myswente, yputrefied & forrotud in þe vayne.
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 76v It was necessary for to opne & to kut away þe putrefied [?c1425 Paris rooten] bone of þe cost or ribbe.
a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 59 (MED) A vomyte also wassheth the body and purgeth the stomak of all bad humours and putrified.
1589 T. Cartwright Two Lett. in Cartwrightiana (1951) 90 The swelling rage of his putrified conscience will neuer be asswaged.
a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) ii. 55 As rotten and putrified stuffe to be cast out.
1724 R. Welton Substance Christian Faith 359 Their hearts are filthy and corrupt like those putrefied carcasses.
1788 J. Ledyard Jrnl. 13 Apr. in Journey through Russia (1966) 225 He..takes up his dead Friend.., carries him however putrified on his..back to some place..& reinters him.
1880 Science 14 Aug. 77 Even impure air sent through putrefied meat, far from being charged with microbes, is entirely purified.
1927 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 38 172 After smelling a bottle of putrified fish..he turned his head away from the bottle.
1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) i. 57 What in the putrefied dogshit would you know about the old days?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
putrefiedadj.2
/ˈpjuːtrᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈpjutrəˌfaɪd/ Chiefly humorous.
= petrified adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrified
petrified?a1425
putrefied1761
lapidified1832
lithified1877
stonified1882
1761 J. Reed Register-office ii. 27 I was almost putrified with Astonishment at the agregious Impudence of her Demand.
1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 714/2 ‘I've seen a putrefied forest.’ ‘La, Mister Harris, a what?’ ‘A putrefied forest, marm.’
1896 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Sept. 536/2 Jubiter..was just fairly putrefied with astonishment.
1907 C. Johnson Highways & Byways of Pacific Coast i. 29 An old lady who sat in the next seat ahead remarked to her companion, ‘I think we must be somewhere near that putrified forest I've heard tell about.’
2001 Re: Critique of Georgism in alt.philosophy.debate (Usenet newsgroup) 18 July I am utterly putrefied with astonishment. We have here a 117-word ‘sentence’..that doesn't even mention the original arguments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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