The Suffix -id: The Suffix -id, Part 4

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  1. putrid
    in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
    Then the smell struck him—something putrid, something so rotten that you would not even throw it into the pigpens back in his uncle’s village. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
    Putrid is quite close in meaning to rancid, both meaning "rotten."
  2. rabid
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
    He was used to playing in packed arenas, full of rabid fans. Washington Post (Aug 17, 2011)
    Rabid is similar to perfervid, below: so passionate about something as to seem deranged or ill. It comes from the same root as rage.
  3. vapid
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
    Was the pale green puree under the vapid zucchini tortellini meant to taste like nothing? Washington Post (Aug 20, 2018)
    Vapidus is Latin for "flavorless," so vapid is effectively an antonym for sapid, below, though it can be used to describe people or anything else that's empty or boring.
  4. fetid
    offensively malodorous
    The fetid smell hung over the festivities, but neighbors rejoiced that the days of the stench were numbered. New York Times (Jun 30, 2010)
    Fetid is a good choice when you're describing something that smells horrendously bad.
  5. viscid
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive
    This liquid is rather thick and viscid, but it is boiling furiously. Burroughs, John
    Viscum is Latin for "birdlime," a sticky substance made from mistletoe berries and used to catch small songbirds. Viscous comes from the same root.
  6. rancid
    having an offensive smell or taste
    The smell was awful, nose-filling, the smell of a dirty toilet and rancid steamed beans and boiled eggs gone bad. Half of a Yellow Sun
  7. flaccid
    out of condition
    The legs were loose, the belly flaccid and limp. Watership Down: A Novel
    Flaccus means "flabby" in Latin.
  8. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
    Thinking he meant us to move on, I was walking forward, when he drew me back just in time to prevent my stepping into a lake so clear and pellucid as to be absolutely imperceptible. Boyd, Mary Stuart
    Lucid means "luminous" or "clear," and pellucid means "transparent."
  9. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
    It’s an ambitious undertaking, one that requires a light authorial touch to avoid a result that is dense, and turgid, and boring. Washington Post (Jun 8, 2018)
    Turgid can refer literally to something that's physically bloated or swollen or figuratively to a work of art or writing that's obnoxiously overdone.
  10. tumid
    abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
    Their faces are tumid and of a deep red hue, from the effects of the noxious gas. Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
  11. perfervid
    characterized by intense emotion
    The Catholic King is very devout—perfervidly devout. Sabatini, Rafael
    Fervid means "feverish," or "burning hot," so perfervid means "passionate or impassioned."
  12. gelid
    extremely cold
    Under the unwalled reception pagoda, frozen towels and glasses of gelid melon puree are put into our hands. Wall Street Journal (Mar 14, 2013)
    Gelid is an excellent synonym for "freezing cold."
  13. sapid
    full of flavor
    The right way to view flavours is as configurations of sapid, odorous and textural properties of foods or liquids that we track using a combination of our senses. Nature (Jun 25, 2012)
    Strictly speaking, sapid doesn't specify whether the intense flavor in question is good or bad, but it's almost always used in a positive sense.
Created on Tue Sep 22 14:17:54 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 21 09:33:32 EDT 2022)

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