fetorfœtorn.
/ˈfiːtə/, /ˈfiːtɔː/, U.S. /ˈfidər/, /ˈfiˌtɔr/ An offensive smell; a stench.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells
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moisture1542
putor1565
pouant1602
funk1606
graveolence1623
hogo1654
whiff1668
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malodour1825
pen and ink1859
body scent1875
pong1900
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taint1927
honk1953
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c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 416 Filles a man at eende with rotynnesse and fetoure.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 313 His dolour did incres, With foull fetor that wes intollerabill.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x. 201 The Fætor whereof may discover it self by sweat and urine. View more context for this quotation
1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 275 The fetor of these waters is not owing to mere stagnation.
1851 H. D. Wolff Pictures Spanish Life (1853) 179 The fœtor of coke and oil will drown the perfume of the lily and the rose.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xix. 235 This flesh..of the female seal..has not the fetor of her mate's.
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