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defective
English
Etymology
From Middle French défectif, from Late Latin defectivus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??f?kt?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
defective (comparative more defective, superlative most defective)
- Having one or more defects.
- Synonym: faulty
- Antonyms: complete, perfect
- (grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
- (Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (?, ?, or ?).
- (Hebrew orthography) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example ??? (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling ???? where the letter vav ??? indicates the vowel o.
- Antonym: plene
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "defective" is often applied: merchandise, goods, part, component, product, equipment, gene, unit, construction, design, drug, memory, wiring, machine, device, instrument, hardware, software, vehicle.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
defective (plural defectives)
- A person or thing considered to be defective.
See also
- Wikipedia article on defective verbs
References
Interlingua
Adjective
defective (comparative plus defective, superlative le plus defective)
- defective (having defects)
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putrid
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putre? (“I am rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pju?.t??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pju.t??d/
Adjective
putrid (comparative more putrid, superlative most putrid)
- Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from 14th c.]
- 1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie
- 2020 December, Dave Barry, "Year in review":
- 1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
- Synonym: malodorous
- Vile, disgusting.
- Morally corrupt
- Totally objectionable
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- rotten
- foul
- odor
References
- “p??trid, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Anagrams
- turpid
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- putridu, prutid, prudit
Etymology
From Latin putridus. Compare Romanian putred.
Adjective
putrid m (feminine singular putridã, masculine plural putridz, feminine plural putridi or putride)
- rotten, putrid, decayed, spoiled
Derived terms
- putridzãscu
- putridzãnji
See also
- ciuruc
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French putride, from Latin putridus. Doublet of the inherited putred.
Adjective
putrid m or n (feminine singular putrid?, masculine plural putrizi, feminine and neuter plural putride)
- (literary, uncommon) putrid
Declension
Synonyms
- putred
putrid From the web:
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