foetid
[fet-id, fee-tid]
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fetid
or foet·id
[fet-id, fee-tid]
- having an offensive odor; stinking.
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Origin of fetid
Synonyms for fetid
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It is like coming out of a foetid cave into the evening sunshine.
DeerbrookHarriet Martineau
Smell not so foetid as in type; s. yellowish and mottled inside.
European Fungus Flora: AgaricaceaeGeorge Massee
Their clothes and their letters reek with the foetid secretion of the musk deer.
I Say NoWilkie Collins
If we fail, then death is preferable to life in this foetid pit, chained up and treated like dogs.
Sea-Dogs All!Tom Bevan
Orifice of coxal gland situated just behind that of the foetid gland.
foetid
- a variant spelling of fetid
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fetid
foetid
- having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay
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Word Origin for fetid
C16: from Latin fētidus, from fētēre to stink; related to fūmus smoke
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Word Origin and History for foetid
fetid
early 15c., from Latin fetidus (commonly, but incorrectly, foetidus) "stinking," from fetere "have a bad smell, stink." Perhaps connected with fimus "dung," or with fumus "smoke."
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fetid
(fĕt′ĭd, fē′tĭd)- Having an offensive odor.
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