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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FE'TOR, n. [L. faetor.] Any strong offensive smell; stench.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English fetoure, from Latin foetor, from foet?re Date: 15th century a strong offensive smell ; stench

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a stench. Etymology: L (as FETID)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fetor Fe"tor, n. [L. fetor, foetor. See Fetid.] A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness. --Arbuthnot.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Stench, stink, foul odor, offensive odor, strong smell.





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