putrescible

From Latin putrescere (“to rot”) +‎ -ible.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pjuːˈtɹɛsɪb(ə)l/

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putrescible (comparative more putrescible, superlative most putrescible)

1. Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
   • 1911, “Dry Rot”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:

     The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning.

   • 1995, “Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals”, in U.S‎^[1], National Research Council, page 158:

     For waste that is putrescible or may be infectious, on-site incineration is ideal.

   • 2007 April 24, James Barron, “Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.”

putrescible m or f (masculine and feminine plural putrescibles)

1. putrescible

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putrescible (plural putrescibles)

1. putrescible

• “putrescible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.