fetid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɛtɪd/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin fēteō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fētidusbor. English fetid Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).
Meanings
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Foul-smelling, stinking.
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.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 285:[…] 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.
1878, Henry James, “Honoré de Balzac”, in French Poets and Novelists, London: Macmillan, II, p. 122:I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.
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(dated, slang) Unpleasant.
"I'm not going to promise anything after the perfectly fetid way you're running off," she retorted.
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foetid | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more fetid | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most fetid | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| fœtid | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fetidity · fetidness · fetidly · fetid sweat
Relateds
Translations (38)
cs smrdutý (foul-smelling) · es fétido (foul-smelling) · ro fetid (foul-smelling) · io fetida (foul-smelling) · hu bűzös (foul-smelling) · mi koeo (foul-smelling) · ru зловонный (foul-smelling) · ms hanyir (foul-smelling) · ota آغر (foul-smelling) · pt fétido (foul-smelling) · pl cuchnący (foul-smelling) · el δύσοσμος (foul-smelling) · nl stinkend (foul-smelling) · ba һаҫыҡ (foul-smelling) · ar نَتِن (foul-smelling) · cs zapáchající (foul-smelling) · fi pahanhajuinen (foul-smelling) · tr kokuşuk (foul-smelling) · ru смрадный (foul-smelling) · el δυσώδης (foul-smelling) · cs páchnoucí (foul-smelling) · bg вонящ (foul-smelling) · it fetido (foul-smelling) · tl mabaho (foul-smelling) · tr kokuşmuş (foul-smelling) · sv stinkande (foul-smelling) · nl walmend (foul-smelling) · ru воню́чий (foul-smelling) · ms هاڽير (foul-smelling) · got 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (foul-smelling) · de stinkend (foul-smelling) · fr fétide (foul-smelling) · fi löyhkäävä (foul-smelling) · mi hāruru (foul-smelling) · bg зловонен (foul-smelling) · ca fètid (foul-smelling) · la fetidus (foul-smelling) · tr kokmuş (foul-smelling)