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foetid

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foe·tid  (ftd)
adj.
Variant of fetid.
foetid [ˈfɛtɪd ˈfiː-]
adj
a variant spelling of fetid
foetidly  adv
foetidness  n
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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.
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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.
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