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Fetid definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FET'ID, a. [L. faetidus, from faetco, to have an ill scent.]
Having an offensive smell; having a strong or rancid scent.
Most putrefactions smell either fetid or moldy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin foetidus, from foet?re to stink Date: 15th century having a heavy offensive smell <a fetid swamp> Synonyms: see malodorous • fetidly adverb • fetidness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (also foetid) stinking. Derivatives: fetidly adv. fetidness n. Etymology: L fetidus f. fetere stink

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fetid Fet"id (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fetidus, foetidus, fr. fetere, foetere, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F. f['e]tide.] Having an offensive smell; stinking. Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. --Bacon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Note: in BRIT, also use 'foetid' Fetid water or air has a very strong unpleasant smell. (FORMAL) ...the fetid river of waste. ...the fetid stench of vomit. = stinking ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Stinking, offensive, noisome, mephitic, rank, rancid, malodorous, strong-smelling, rank-smelling.

Moby Thesaurus

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