noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being rotten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rottedness
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rottenness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: putrescence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
noun
Meaning 3
in a state of progressive putrefaction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: putrescence, putridness, corruption
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: putrefaction, rot
History
Etymology
From Middle English rotennesse; equivalent to rotten + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: podridura — the quality of being rotten
- French: pourriture — the quality of being rotten
- Galician: podredume — the quality of being rotten
- German: Fäulnis — the quality of being rotten
- Low German: Fuulnis — the quality of being rotten
- Middle English: rotennesse — the quality of being rotten
- Old English: þreax — the quality of being rotten
- Portuguese: podridão — the quality of being rotten
- Spanish: podredumbre — the quality of being rotten
- Swedish: ruttenhet — the quality of being rotten