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fetid
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PRONUNCIATION:

(FET-tid, FEE-TID)

MEANING:

adjective: Having a strong unpleasant odor.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin fetere (to stink). Earliest documented use: 1599.

USAGE:

“The more Trump ratchets up the demented rhetoric, the higher his polls go, so he is content to ride the fetid wave of a campaign based chiefly on blind bigotry and unapologetic stupidity.”
Trump’s Latest Bigotry is Pure Fantasy. But it Works; Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey); Nov 23, 2015. (WebCite)

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