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foetid

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foe·tid  (ftd)
adj.
Variant of fetid.
foetid
Adjective
same as fetid
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Adj.1.foetid - offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, fetid, smelly, stinking, foul, noisome
ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell
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Their clothes and their letters reek with the foetid secretion of the musk deer.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
His hands and feet would be freezing, and his breath coming with difficulty; until, look you, he would begin to cough, and disease, like an unclean parasite, would worm its way into his breast until death itself had overtaken him-- overtaken him in some foetid corner whence there was no chance of escape.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Perkins, both of whom observed the foetid effluvia and regarded them as being emitted from the premises in the occupation of Krook, the unfortunate deceased.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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