Noun: foetor fee-tu(r)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: fetor)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: fetor)
- A distinctive odour that is offensively unpleasant
"The foetor from the garbage dump permeated the neighbourhood";
- malodor [US], malodour [Brit, Cdn], stench, stink, reek, fetor, mephitis
Derived forms: foetors
Type of: odor [US], odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell
Encyclopedia: Foetor