foetid

/ ˈfiː-; ˈfɛtɪd /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of fetid

Derived Forms

• ˈfoetidly, adverb
• ˈfoetidness, noun

Example Sentences

A Dr John Snow had a hunch that water was involved with the disease and compared the death rates in the districts supplied by the Lambeth Water Company, which piped water in from Surbiton, and the S&V, which piped it from the foetid Thames.

From BBC

Hardscrabble Mumbaikars have little energy to spare lamenting lost glories; most are more concerned with the desperate need for housing, collapsing railway overpasses and foetid monsoon floods.

From The Guardian

What’s more, despite the natural-wine world being dominated by cloudy, unfiltered bottles of foetid fermented grape juice that smells like a pig’s uncleaned bottom, I’ve also had some so-called natural wines I’ve enjoyed very much.

From The Guardian

Now the area, previously foetid marshland, has been transformed, with children playing in the turquoise water, couples sunbathing on the gravel beach and families strolling to the old town for burek, a Bosnian meat pastry.

From The Guardian

Dr. Cathrall knew a nurse “who I am almost certain received the infection from a patient...for the matter thrown up by vomiting emitted a peculiarly foetid smell, which affected her soon after she had carried it out of the room.”

From Literature