单词 | rottenish |
释义 | rottenishadj. Somewhat rotten. ΘΚΠ 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 1691 W. Acton New Jrnl. Italy 73 His Face, which looked black and rottenish, had no covering, but lies always exposed to view. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 24 A layer of wet and rottenish dung. 1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep ii. i. 126 These poor Creatures, through Hunger, feed on unwholesome, dirty Weeds, foul Grass, and rottenish Leaves. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 507 Most of the said sticks are rather rottenish. 1892 2nd Rep. Bureau Mines xi. 173 This work commenced in trap sandstone and continued into sandstone trap,..both reddish and rottenish, but periodically strewn with enough..carrot-sized gray sulphides to induce continuance of the work. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xiv. 208 The lake was sunk to quarter size, it had horrible raw banks of clay, that smelled of raw rottenish water. 1996 Dallas (Texas) Observer (Nexis) 19 Dec. His teeth are browned and rottenish, though—a concession to period accuracy I could have lived without. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1691 |
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