Associations to the word «Putrescence»

Wiktionary

PUTRESCENCE, noun. The condition of being putrid; decay
PUTRESCENCE, noun. Putrid matter

Dictionary definition

PUTRESCENCE, noun. In a state of progressive putrefaction.
PUTRESCENCE, noun. The quality of rotting and becoming putrid.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope