, Hor. S. 2, 3, 75.—B. Of style, unnatural, disagreeable, affected, disgusting: cum etiam Demosthenes exagitetur ut putidus, Cic. Or. 8, 27: molesta et putida videri, id. de Or. 3, 13, 51: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, id. Off. 1, 37, 133: vereor, ne putidum sit scribere ad te, quam sim occupatus, id. Att. 1, 14, 1.—Sup.: jactatio putidissima, Petr. 73.—Hence, adv.: pūtĭdē, disgustingly, disagreeably, affectedly: dicere, Cic. Brut. 82, 284: loqui, Sen. Ep. 75, 1.—Comp.: nolo exprimi litteras putidius, nolo obscurari neglegentius,