fetor

or foe·tor

[ fee-ter ]

/ ˈfi tər /

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noun

a strong, offensive smell; stench.

Nearby words

fetology, fetometry, fetopathy, fetoplacental, fetoprotein, fetor, fetor ex ore, fetor hepaticus, fetoscope, fetoscopy, fetotoxicity

Origin of fetor

1475–1500; < Latin, equivalent to fēt- (stem of fētēre to stink) + -or -or¹; replacing earlier fetour < Middle French < Latin fētōr-, stem of fētor

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In gangrenous or foul ulcers; to correct the fetor of the discharge, and to hasten the sloughing.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
Lemna minor where the crusts and the muco-purulent discharge are very abundant with fetor (in rhinitis atrophics).
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers|Various
Do they, as many saints have done, smell the fetor of sin, the foul reek of evil in the souls that pass by them?
The Cathedral|Joris-Karl Huysmans
Fetor of the breath, the perspiration and the skin are likewise noticeable.
Gilbertus Anglicus|Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Liquor gurgled down; the smell of whisky added its fetor to the stench of oil, bilge, sweat and blood.
Cursed|George Allan England

British Dictionary definitions for fetor

fetor

foetor

/ (ˈfiːtə, -tɔː) /

noun

an offensive stale or putrid odour; stench

Word Origin for fetor

C15: from Latin, from fētēre to stink

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