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–adjective

having an offensive odor; stinking.

Also, foetid.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L fétidus, equiv. to fét- (s. of fétére to stink) + -idus -id⁴

]

—Related forms

fet·id·ly, adverb

fet·id·ness, fe·tid·i·ty, noun

—Synonyms malodorous, smelly, noisome.

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fet·id Audio Help (fět'ĭd, fē'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj. Having an offensive odor.

[Middle English, from Latin fētidus, from fētēre, to stink.]

fet'id·ly adv., fet'id·ness n.

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1599, from L. fetidus "stinking," from fetere "have a bad smell, stink." Perhaps connected with fimus "dung," or with fumus "smoke."

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fetid
adjective
offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

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fetid [ˈfiːtid] adjective

having a bad smell; stinking
Example: a fetid pool of water

Arabic:	نَتِن، كَريه الرائِحَه، فاسِد
Chinese (Simplified):	发臭的
Chinese (Traditional):	發臭的
Czech:	páchnoucí
Danish:	ildelugtende; stinkende
Dutch:	stinkend
Estonian:	haisev
Finnish:	löyhkäävä
French:	fétide
German:	stinkend
Greek:	δύσοσμος
Hungarian:	büdös
Icelandic:	daunillur, stækur
Indonesian:	bau busuk
Italian:	fetido

Japanese:	臭い
Korean:	악취가 나는
Latvian:	smirdošs; smakojošs
Lithuanian:	dvokiantis
Norwegian:	stinkende, illeluktende
Polish:	cuchnący
Portuguese (Brazil):	fétido
Portuguese (Portugal):	fétido
Romanian:	fetid
Russian:	зловонный
Slovak:	páchnuci
Slovenian:	smrdljiv
Spanish:	fétido
Swedish:	stinkande
Turkish:	kok(uş)muş

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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.

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