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n. -Being in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor

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  • The first, a worm bred in putridity; alluding to man's corruption.
  • Thought I'd get sick from the lingering putridity of it all.
  • It's like the Times has become a festering wad of unpalatable putridity.
  • It soon became a mass of putridity, and to every eye was a loathsome and disgusting Object;
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