putrescible
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin putrescere (“to rot”) + -ible.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
putrescible (comparative more putrescible, superlative most putrescible)
- Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
- 1911, “Dry Rot”, 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, “Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals”, in U.S[1], National Research Council, 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’”, in New York Times[2]:
- Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.”
Translations[edit]
Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable
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Catalan[edit]
Adjective[edit]
putrescible m or f (masculine and feminine plural putrescibles)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
putrescible (plural putrescibles)
Further reading[edit]
- “putrescible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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