All 3 Uses of
putrid
in
The Magic Mountain
- Paradox is the poison flower of quietism, the iridescent sheen of a putrefied mind, the greatest depravity of all.†
Chpt 5.3 *
- She had known there was something rotten about the whole affair from the first and could only hope that Ziemssen's obstinacy had not turned it putrid—"putrid," she said, in her infinite vulgarity.†
Chpt 6.8
- She had known there was something rotten about the whole affair from the first and could only hope that Ziemssen's obstinacy had not turned it putrid—"putrid," she said, in her infinite vulgarity.†
Chpt 6.8
Definition:
rotting (an advanced state of decomposition) with a foul odor; or anything that is disgusting