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fetid
or foet·id
[ fet-id, fee-tid ]
/ ˈfɛt ɪd, ˈfi tɪd /
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adjective
having an offensive odor; stinking.
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Origin of fetid
1590–1600; <Latin
fētidus, equivalent to
fēt- (stem of
fētēre to stink) +
-idus-id4OTHER WORDS FROM fetid
fet·id·ly, adverbfet·id·ness, fe·tid·i·ty, nounWords nearby fetid
fête galante,
feterita,
feti-,
fetial,
feticide,
fetid,
fetiparous,
fetish,
fetishism,
fetishize,
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Words related to fetid
noxious,
putrid,
revolting,
smelly,
stinking,
stinky,
corrupt,
fusty,
grody,
gross,
icky,
loathsome,
lousy,
malodorous,
mephitic,
noisome,
offensive,
rank,
reeking,
repugnant How to use fetid in a sentence
This renewable (I mean renewed every single damn day) bio-energy (otherwise known as fetid rot) helps keep the coop warm.
Here is real, unmistakable nastiness of a fetid, furtive kind, whispered in corners after a cautious glance over the shoulder.
All were sitting barefoot on mattresses around the walls of their fetid, dimly lit room.
It takes far less than 46 days for a teachable moment to devolve into an airing of fetid undercurrents from the American id.
Gaddafi has to find a fetid corner where America holds less sway.
Inside the cafs men and women, old and young, are dancing in the fetid atmosphere to jingling pianos or accordions.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond The passageway was growing damper; water trickled down the walls and gathered in fetid pools on the floor.
Worse than this, though—I fancied I noticed about the room in the morning that strange, fetid odour.
The fetid odor exhaled from the corpse caused a pestilence involving thousands of deaths.
The residue was oily and fetid ashes, with a greasy soot, of a very penetrating and disagreeable smell.
British Dictionary definitions for fetid
adjective
having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay
Derived forms of fetid
fetidly or foetidly, adverbfetidness or foetidness, nounWord Origin for fetid
C16: from Latin fētidus, from fētēre to stink; related to fūmus smoke
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