a strong, disagreeable smell; stench
Origin of fetor
Classical Latin fetor, foetor from foetere: see fetidfetor
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fetor
also foe·tor
noun
A strong, offensive odor. See Synonyms at stench.
Origin of fetor
Middle English fetoure from Latin fētor from fētēre to stinkTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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