Both Uses of
putrid
in
Sense and Sensibility
- He came, examined his patient, and though encouraging Miss Dashwood to expect that a very few days would restore her sister to health, yet, by pronouncing her disorder to have a putrid tendency, and allowing the word "infection" to pass his lips, gave instant alarm to Mrs. Palmer, on her baby's account.†
Chpt 43
- As bluntly as he could speak it, therefore, he told me that Marianne Dashwood was dying of a putrid fever at Cleveland—a letter that morning received from Mrs. Jennings declared her danger most imminent—the Palmers are all gone off in a fright, &c.†
Chpt 44 *
Definition:
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(putrid) rotting (an advanced state of decomposition) with a foul odor; or anything that is disgusting