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Definition of Rottenness
1. Noun. In a state of progressive putrefaction.
Generic synonyms: Putrefaction, Rot
Derivative terms: Putrescent, Putrid, Putrid, Rotten, Rotten
2. Noun. The quality of rotting and becoming putrid.
Generic synonyms: Morbidity, Morbidness, Unwholesomeness
Derivative terms: Putrescent, Rotten
Definition of Rottenness
1. Noun. The quality of being rotten. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rottenness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rottenness
Literary usage of Rottenness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eastern Proverbs and Emblems Illustrating Old Truths by James Long (1881)
"Envy is painful to ourselves, and injurious as rust is to iron or the moth to
cloth; therefore called " the rottenness of the bones." It arises from pride, ..."
2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... the labor of the country cannot repose upon the policy of protection as an
established policy, then indeed is " the pillared firmament rottenness, ..."
3. The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1890)
"rottenness visible on its surface. He assumes a position which he was bound to
prove, and which is incapable of proof, that the amount called for by ..."
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