fœtid
See also: foetid
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin misspelling ‘foetidus’, corruption of fetidus (“offensive odor”), originally fetere (“to stink”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfœtid (comparative more fœtid, superlative most fœtid)
- (hypercorrect) Nonstandard spelling of fetid.
References
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fetid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.