rottenness
n . 腐烂,腐败
腐烂,腐败
rottenness n 1 :
in a state of progressive putrefaction [
synonym : {
putrescence },
{
putridness }, {
rottenness }, {
corruption }]
2 :
the quality of rotting and becoming putrid [
synonym :
{
putrescence }, {
rottenness }]
Rotten \
Rot "
ten \,
a . [
Icel .
rotinn ;
akin to Sw .
rutten ,
Dan .
radden .
See {
Rot }.]
Having rotted ;
putrid ;
decayed ;
as ,
a rotten apple ;
rotten meat .
Hence :
(
a )
Offensive to the smell ;
fetid ;
disgusting .
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You common cry of curs !
whose breath I hate As reek of the rotten fens . --
Shak .
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(
b )
Not firm or trusty ;
unsound ;
defective ;
treacherous ;
unsafe ;
as ,
a rotten plank ,
bone ,
stone . "
The deepness of the rotten way ." --
Knolles .
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{
Rotten borough }.
See under {
Borough }.
{
Rotten stone } (
Min .),
a soft stone ,
called also Tripoli (
from the country from which it was formerly brought ),
used in all sorts of finer grinding and polishing in the arts ,
and for cleaning metallic substances .
The name is also given to other friable siliceous stones applied to like uses .
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Syn :
Putrefied ;
decayed ;
carious ;
defective ;
unsound ;
corrupt ;
deceitful ;
treacherous .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Rot "
ten *
ly },
adv . -- {
Rot "
ten *
ness },
n .
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