fetid
adjective
having an offensive odor; stinking.
fetidity
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a word derived from
fetid.
Example Sentences
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Apparently they are intoxicated with fetidity, as was Bull when he rolled on the putrid body of a mole.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
Singularly enough, the bacterium termo and the bacterium commune—to which the fetidity of matters undergoing putrefaction is due—are in themselves harmless.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
