Definition of Putrefier

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Putrefier

putonghuas
putons
putoranite
putour
putours
putout
putouts
putredinous
putrefacient
putrefaction
putrefactions
putrefactive
putrefactiveness
putrefiable
putrefied
putrefier (current term)
putrefiers
putrefies
putrefy
putrefying
putrescence
putrescences
putrescene
putrescenes
putrescent
putrescently
putrescible
putrescin
putrescine
putrescines

Literary usage of Putrefier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Antiseptic surgery by William Watson Cheyne (1882)
"Urine thus obtained undergoes no fermentation. ' Elle depose des cristaux en petite quantite, mais sans se troubler ni se putrefier d'aucune ..."

2. Short Selections for Translating English Into French: Including a Few by Paul Bercy (1894)
"From putrefying ; de se putrefier.—4. ' On', to be left out.—5. In order to try the experiment; pour faire cette experience.—6. To stuff with ; bourrer de. ..."

3. Abroad with the Fletchers by Jane Felton Sampson (1911)
"Continual criticism fosters cynicism, that putrefier of souls. If, as Prentice Mulford says, " Thoughts are things," should we not avoid such characters as ..."

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