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fetid
English
Alternative forms
- foetid
- fœtid (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin f?tidus (“having offensive odour”), originally f?te? (“to stink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?t?d/
- Rhymes: -?t?d
Adjective
fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)
- Foul-smelling, stinking.
- I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:malodorous
Translations
See also
- asafoetida
Noun
fetid (plural fetids)
- (rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.
Romanian
Etymology
From French fétide, from Latin foetidus.
Adjective
fetid m or n (feminine singular fetid?, masculine plural fetizi, feminine and neuter plural fetide)
- fetid
Declension
Related terms
- fetiditate
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ichor
English
Etymology
Sense 1 (“liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods”) is borrowed from Medieval Latin ichor, from Ancient Greek ????? (?kh?r, “fluid running through the veins of gods, ichor; watery part of blood, lymph, serum; watery part of milk, whey; gravy; pus; naphtha”); further etymology unknown, probably from Pre-Greek.
Sense 2.4 (“fetid, watery discharge from a sore”) is from Middle English icor, icore [and other forms], from Medieval Latin ichor; see further above.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?a?k??/, /-k?/, /??k?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?a?k??/
Noun
ichor (countable and uncountable, plural ichors)
- (Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. [from late 17th c.]
- (by extension)
- (chiefly poetic) The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.
- (chiefly poetic, figuratively) A blood-like fluid.
- (geology, archaic) A fluid believed to seep out from magma and cause rock to turn into granite.
- (pathology, obsolete) A fetid, watery discharge from a sore; pus.
- Synonym: sanies
- (chiefly poetic) The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.
Derived terms
- ichorhaemia, ichorhemia, ichorrhaemia (dated)
- ichoroid
- ichorous
- petrichor
Translations
References
Further reading
- ichor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- chiro, chiro-, choir, chori
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