different between spoiled vs putrescent

English

Alternative forms

• spoilt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??ld/
• Rhymes: -??ld

Verb

spoiled

1. simple past tense and past participle of spoil

Adjective

spoiled (comparative more spoiled, superlative most spoiled)

1. (of food) That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
2. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

Usage notes

• Much more common in the US than spoilt, while about as common as spoilt in UK.

Translations

Further reading

• spoiled at OneLook Dictionary Search
• spoiled, spoilt at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• despoil, diploes, diploës, dipoles, elopids, peloids, soliped

English

Etymology

Attested since circa 1730, from Latin p?tr?sc?ns (“rotting”), present participle of p?tr?sc? (“rot”).

Adjective

putrescent (comparative more putrescent, superlative most putrescent)

1. Becoming putrid; putrefying.

Latin

Verb

putr?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of putr?sc?

Romanian

Etymology

From French putrescent

Adjective

putrescent m or n (feminine singular putrescent?, masculine plural putrescen?i, feminine and neuter plural putrescente)

1. putrescent

Declension