FETID Fet"id ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [L. fetidus, foetidus, fr. fetere, foetere, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F. fétide.]
Defn: Having an offensive smell; stinking.
Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon.
FETIDITY
Fet*id"i*ty ( or ), n.
Defn: Fetidness.
FETIDNESS
Fet"id*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being fetid.
FETIFEROUS
Fe*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Fetus + -ferous.]
Defn: Producing young, as animals.
FETIS
Fe"tis, a. Etym: [OF. fetis, faitis. Cf. Factitious.]
Defn: Neat; pretty; well made; graceful. [Obs.]
Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware. Chaucer.