different between unsuitable vs putrid

English

Etymology

un- +? suitable

Adjective

unsuitable (comparative more unsuitable, superlative most unsuitable)

1. Not suitable; unfit; inappropriate.

Antonyms

• suitable
• appropriate

Derived terms

• unsuitability
• unsuitably

Translations

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)

1. 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":

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.

   Synonym: malodorous

3. Vile, disgusting.
4. Morally corrupt
5. 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)

1. 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)

1. (literary, uncommon) putrid

Declension

Synonyms

• putred