Fetid
/ˈfɛtɪd/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts. rare
Adjective
- 1 Foul-smelling, stinking.
"I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks."
Adjective
- 1 offensively malodorous wordnet
Example
More examples"As the lab was filled with a fetid odor, I could tell the synthesis had gone awry."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).