fetid

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They were damp and fetid, and when the door was closed you were in Egyptian darkness.

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  • They were matchstick thin; the gardenia perfume smelled fetid, as of flowers that had fallen from the bush and rotted. —  muller 10 fixed
  • Most of the water about her was fetid, and there was little food to be found. —  IMMORTALIS
  • In the Believer, author and filmmaker C.S. Leigh fondly recalls a fetid human experience. —  signandsight.com
  • That's fairly fetid, but don't get down off that table yet; more filly flop is coming your way … —  At-Largely
  • There are trotters with tripe-honeycombed, fetid, strictly for the adventurous. —  The New Yorker
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Latin fētidus, from fētēre, to stink.

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  1. from Latin fetidus, less correctly fœtidus, fœtidus, stinking, fetid, from fetere, less correctly fœtere, fœtere, stink, allied to fumus, smoke: see fume.
 

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/ˈfitɪd/
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