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putrefy | x |

As a verb putrefy

is to become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

putrefy

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
  • To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
  • To become gangrenous.
  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
    • to putrefy an ulcer or wound
  • To corrupt; to make foul.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Private suits do putrefy the public good.
  • * Shakespeare
    • They would but stink, and putrefy the air.

    Synonyms

    * decay * fester * rot

    Related terms

    * putrid * putrescent * putrefaction * putrescence

    See also

    * (Gangrene)

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----