putrescible

English

WOTD – 19 July 2011    

Etymology

From Latin putrescere (“to rot”) +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pjuːˈtɹɛsɪb(ə)l/

Adjective

putrescible (comparative more putrescible, superlative most putrescible)

1. Capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
   • 1911, Dry Rot, article in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition,

     The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning.

   • 1995, National Research Council (U.S.), Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals, page 158,

     For waste that is putrescible or may be infectious, on-site incineration is ideal.

   • 2007 April 24, James Barron, “Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’”, New York Times:

     Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.”

Translations

Capable of becoming putrescent; rottable

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• Catalan: putrescible (ca)
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• Icelandic: sem getur rotnað (is)
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• Portuguese: apodrecível (pt)
• Russian: портящийся (ru) (portjaščijsja), подверженный (ru) (podveržennyj) гниению (ru) (gnijeniju)
• Spanish: pudrible (es)
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Catalan

Adjective

putrescible m, f (masculine and feminine plural putrescibles)

1. putrescible