† rotshipn.
Obsolete. rare.
Rottenness; putridity. Cf. rotness n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun]
rottennessc1350
corruption1377
rottednessa1398
rottingnessa1398
putredea1400
rotnessa1400
rotshipa1400
rottenhead?c1400
putridness?a1425
ranknessc1450
corruptness1561
putriture1569
putritude1617
putridity1628
putidness1648
putrescency1752
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition
rottingOE
rottennessc1350
rottednessa1398
putredea1400
rotnessa1400
rotshipa1400
rottenhead?c1400
putridness?a1425
corruptness1561
putriture1569
putritude1617
putridity1628
putidness1648
feculency1651
putrescency1752
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 86 (MED) If þat þe membre be drie..& þei han greet putride & rotschipe [v.r. roteschippe; L. putredinem], þanne þou nedist a ful drie medicyn.
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 86 (MED) If..he haue a litil putrede or rotschipe, þanne þou nedist a medicyn þat is litil driynge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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