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scandalous
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse; as if scandal + -ous.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?skænd?l?s/
Adjective
scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)
- Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
- 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flatfooted and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.
- 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Malicious, defamatory.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
- These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.
- 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
- I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
- Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.
Derived terms
- scandalously
- scandalousness
Translations
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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
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