fetid

or foet·id

[ fet-id, fee-tid ]

/ ˈfɛt ɪd, ˈfi tɪd /

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adjective

having an offensive odor; stinking.

OTHER WORDS FOR fetid

malodorous, smelly, noisome.

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Origin of fetid

1590–1600; <Latin fētidus, equivalent to fēt- (stem of fētēre to stink) + -idus-id⁴

OTHER WORDS FROM fetid

fet·id·ly, adverbfet·id·ness, fe·tid·i·ty, noun

Words nearby fetid

fête galante, feterita, feti-, fetial, feticide, fetid, fetiparous, fetish, fetishism, fetishize, fetlock

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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.
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Here is real, unmistakable nastiness of a fetid, furtive kind, whispered in corners after a cautious glance over the shoulder.
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All were sitting barefoot on mattresses around the walls of their fetid, dimly lit room.
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It takes far less than 46 days for a teachable moment to devolve into an airing of fetid undercurrents from the American id.
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Gaddafi has to find a fetid corner where America holds less sway.
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Inside the cafs men and women, old and young, are dancing in the fetid atmosphere to jingling pianos or accordions.
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The passageway was growing damper; water trickled down the walls and gathered in fetid pools on the floor.
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Worse than this, though—I fancied I noticed about the room in the morning that strange, fetid odour.
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The fetid odor exhaled from the corpse caused a pestilence involving thousands of deaths.
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The residue was oily and fetid ashes, with a greasy soot, of a very penetrating and disagreeable smell.
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British Dictionary definitions for fetid

fetid

foetid

/ (ˈfɛtɪd, ˈfiː-) /

adjective

having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay

Derived forms of fetid

fetidly or foetidly, adverbfetidness or foetidness, noun

Word Origin for fetid

C16: from Latin fētidus, from fētēre to stink; related to fūmus smoke

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Medical definitions for fetid

fetid

[ fĕt′ĭd, fē′tĭd ]

adj.

Having an offensive odor.

fetid

or foet·id

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British Dictionary definitions for fetid

foetid

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