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fetid

or ´Ú´Ç±ð³Ù·¾±»å

[ fet-id, fee-tid ]

adjective

  1. having an offensive odor; stinking.

    Synonyms: , ,



fetid

/ ˈfÉ›tɪd; ˈfiË- /

adjective

  1. having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ´Ú±ð³Ù¾±»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ´Ú±ð³Ù¾±»å±ô²â, adverb
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • ´Ú±ð³Ùi»å·±ô²â adverb
  • ´Ú±ð³Ùi»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ ´Ú±ð·³Ù¾±»åi·³Ù²â noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of fetid1

1590–1600; < Latin ´Úŧ³Ù¾±»å³Ü²õ, equivalent to ´Úŧ³Ù- (stem of ´Úŧ³Ùŧ°ù±ð to stink) + -idus -id 4
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of fetid1

C16: from Latin ´Úŧ³Ù¾±»å³Ü²õ , from ´Úŧ³Ùŧ°ù±ð to stink; related to ´ÚÅ«³¾³Ü²õ smoke
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Pawpaws' maroon flowers and fetid odor suggest that flies and beetles are the plant's primary pollinators.

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By the end of the movie Swayze’s "cooler" has stopped a JCPenney department store from ruining the town’s all-American tanginess, or whatever, and heads off to spruce up some other fetid swill hole.

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It is all too easy to find yourself submerged in fetid water, or sucked into a slurry of thick, black mud.

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The park also built a larger sun canopy for the giraffe and dredged out garbage and fetid water from a pool that took up much of the enclosure.

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And a good thing too, since in Paul’s own estimation, Barton boys are, with rare exception, a hopeless bunch of “philistines,†“reprobates,†“troglodytes,†“degenerates,†“hormonal vulgarians,†“fetid layabouts†and “snarling Visigoths.â€

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