Recent Examples on the WebThe musty aroma didn’t supplant the fetor of failure and futility that hung in the air and along the corridors, like inert gases or the ghosts of the League of Nations.—Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019 The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops.—Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English fetoure, from Latin foetor, from foetēre
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