Definition of Rottener

1. Adjective. (comparative of rotten) ¹

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Definition of Rottener

1. rotten [adj] - See also: rotten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rottener

rotozoomers
rotproof
rotproofed
rotproofing
rotproofs
rots
rottable
rottan
rottans
rotte
rotten
rotten apple
rotten borough
rotten boroughs
rottener (current term)
rottenest
rottenly
rottenness
rottennesses
rottens
rottenstone
rottenstones
rotter
rotters
rottes
rotting
rottlerin
rottweilers
rottweiller

Literary usage of Rottener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1878)
"... the more great,) So peason and barlie delight not in sand, but rather in claie or in rottener land. 12 Wheat somtime is steelie or burnt as it growes, ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1882)
"There are likewise rotten boards of trustees and rottener municipal rings. With such sustenance at their roots, what can be expected of the outgrowth ? ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1882)
"... the certificates that place the insane in the hands of the superintendents. There are likewise rotten boards of trustees and rottener municipal rings. ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"What the head carver had best do is to serve me with what they call ollas-podridas (and the rottener they are the better they smell); and he can put ..."

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