septic
adjective
1. containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
- a septic sore throat
- a septic environment
- septic sewage
Similar word(s): unhealthful, abscessed, dirty, pestiferous, contaminative, purulent, infectious, infective, putrefacient, putrefactive, septicemic, germy, infected
2. of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
- the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank
Sentences with septic as an adjective:
- septic tank; septic system
noun
1. A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
2. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
3. (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
4. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank.