fetid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite offensively malodorous
    stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; funky; smelly; noisome; ill-scented.
    • a foul odor
    • the kitchen smelled really funky

WordNet


Fet"id adjective
Etymology
L. fetidus, foetidus, fr. fetere, foetere, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F. fétide.
Definitions
  1. Having an offensive smell; stinking.
    Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon.

Webster 1913