Both Uses of
putrid
in
Leaves of Grass
- I dress the perforated shoulder, the foot with the bullet-wound, Cleanse the one with a gnawing and putrid gangrene, so sickening, so offensive, While the attendant stands behind aside me holding the tray and pail.†
Chpt 21 *
- Not one word or deed, not venereal sore, discoloration, privacy of the onanist, Putridity of gluttons or rum-drinkers, peculation, cunning, betrayal, murder, seduction, prostitution, But has results beyond death as really as before death.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(putrid) rotting (an advanced state of decomposition) with a foul odor; or anything that is disgusting