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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]

fet·id·ly, adverb
fet·id·ness, fe·tid·i·ty, noun

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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