Word of the Day for Saturday September 24, 2005 fetid \FET-id; FEE-tid\, adjective: Having an offensive smell; stinking. The air was fetid, heavy as the breath of a large animal. --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Bad Dreams He grew up between the river and the vineyard-covered slopes, between the fetid smell of the tannery and the fine aroma of crushed grapes. --Patrice Debré, [1]Louis Pasteur (translated by Elborg Forster) _________________________________________________________ Fetid derives from Latin fetidus, from fetere, "to stink." Synonyms: noisome, rank, rancid, smelly, stinking. [2]Find more at Thesaurus.com. References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801865298/ref=nosim/lexico 2. http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=fetid Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=fetid