Entry Word: rot

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense <I wonʼt stand here and listen to such rot> — see nonsense 1
2 the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances <the rot begins shortly after the fish are killed> — see corruption 1
3 unintelligible or meaningless talk <the drunkard was spouting his usual rot about his battlefield heroics> — see gibberish