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fœtid

/ˈfɛtɪd/

fœtid is the nonstandard spelling of fetid.

Meaning of fetid

Adjective

fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)

  1. Foul-smelling, stinking.
    • I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.
  2. (dated, slang) Unpleasant.
    • "I'm not going to promise anything after the perfectly fetid way you're running off," she retorted.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

See all 3 meanings of fetid

Forms of fœtid

comparativemore fœtid
superlativemost fœtid

Origin of fœtid

From Latin misspelling ‘foetidus’, corruption of fetidus (“offensive odor”), originally fetere (“to stink”).

Words that rhyme with fœtid

Questions about fœtid

What is fœtid the nonstandard spelling of?
Fœtid is the nonstandard spelling of fetid.
How do you pronounce fœtid?
Fœtid is pronounced /ˈfɛtɪd/.

Words near fœtid in the dictionary

  1. fœminine
  2. fœtal
  3. fœti
  4. fœticide
  5. fœticides
  6. fœtid
  7. fœtor
  8. fœtors
  9. fœtus
  10. fœtuses
  11. fœtûs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fœtid (page history and authors); fetid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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