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fetor, fœtor|ˈfiːtɔː(r)|
Forms: (5 fetoure), 7–9 fætor, 6– fetor, fœtor.
[a. L. fētor (incorrectly fœtor), f. fētēre: see fetid.]
An offensive smell; a stench.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 416 Filles a man at eende with rotynnesse and fetoure. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 313 His dolour did incres, With foull fetor that wes intollerabill. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. x. 201 The Fætor whereof may discover it self by sweat and urine. 1759Phil. Trans. LI. 275 The fetor of these waters is not owing to mere stagnation. 1851H. D. Wolff Pictures Spanish Life (1853) 179 The fœtor of coke and oil will drown the perfume of the lily and the rose. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xix. 235 This flesh..of the female seal..has not the fetor of her mate's. |