fetid

Definition

Foul-smelling, stinking.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).

Example Sentences

• "I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks."
• "[…] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated."
• "Hiro fakes toward the whorehouse, then cuts directly toward an exposed section of wall. The fabric of the building is tough, but his katana slices a six-foot rent through it with a single gliding motion, and then he's outside, spat out of the hole on a jet of fetid air."

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