🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

सड़ांध

Pronunciation / Transliteration: saḍāndh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Putrid/ˈpjuː.trɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"कचरे की सड़ांध ने कमरे को भर दिया।"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a foul smell; rotten or decayed.

    "The putrid smell of the garbage filled the room."
  2. 2

    Morally or ethically corrupt; vile.

    "His putrid behavior shocked everyone at the party."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'putrid' originates from the Latin 'putridus', meaning 'rotten', which is derived from 'putere', meaning 'to rot'. It entered the English language in the late Middle Ages, reflecting a shift in usage from a general sense of decay to a more specific connotation of foulness and unpleasantness.

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