Definition of Rottenness

1. Noun. In a state of progressive putrefaction.

Exact synonyms: Corruption, Putrescence, Putridness
Generic synonyms: Putrefaction, Rot
Derivative terms: Putrescent, Putrid, Putrid, Rotten, Rotten

2. Noun. The quality of rotting and becoming putrid.
Exact synonyms: Putrescence
Generic synonyms: Morbidity, Morbidness, Unwholesomeness
Derivative terms: Putrescent, Rotten

Definition of Rottenness

1. Noun. The quality of being rotten. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rottenness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rottenness

rotproofing
rotproofs
rots
rottable
rottan
rottans
rotte
rotten
rotten apple
rotten borough
rotten boroughs
rottener
rottenest
rottenly
rottenness
rottennesses
rottens
rottenstone
rottenstones
rotter
rotters
rottes
rotting
rottlerin
rottweilers
rottweiller
rottweillers
rotula
rotulae

Literary usage of Rottenness

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

1. Eastern Proverbs and Emblems Illustrating Old Truths by James Long (1881)
"Envy is painful to ourselves, and injurious as rust is to iron or the moth to cloth; therefore called " the rottenness of the bones." It arises from pride, ..."

2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... the labor of the country cannot repose upon the policy of protection as an established policy, then indeed is " the pillared firmament rottenness, ..."

3. The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1890)
"rottenness visible on its surface. He assumes a position which he was bound to prove, and which is incapable of proof, that the amount called for by ..."

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