fetid
pronunciation
How to pronounce fetid in British English:
UK [ˈfetɪd]
How to pronounce fetid in American English:
US [ˈfɛtɪd, ˈfitɪd]
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- Adjective:
- offensively malodorous
Word Origin
- fetid (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin fetidus (commonly, but incorrectly, foetidus) "stinking," from fetere "have a bad smell, stink." This is perhaps connected with fimus "dung," or with fumus "smoke."
Example
- 1. The bloom of the fetid hellebores lasts since november .
- 2. In a fetid , windowless hospital ?
- 3. It made my walking fetid and hazardous .
- 4. Addis ababa , accra , luanda , may be fetid in parts-shockingly so for those coming from richer countries-but they have low fertility .
- 5. Much of the planet has a fetid , humid landscape overgrown by forests of bizarre wilderness .