Definitions for fetor

fetor fe·tor

Spelling: [fee-ter]
IPA: /ˈfi tər/

Fetor is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in fetor (efort).

Definitions for fetor

noun

  1. a strong, offensive smell; stench.

Origin of fetor

1475-1500; Latin, equivalent to fēt- (stem of fētēre to stink) + -or -or1; replacing earlier fetour Middle French Latin fētōr-, s

Examples for fetor

The fetor of the skin, so characteristic of the negro, is not found in the Bushman.

fetor of the breath, the perspiration and the skin are likewise noticeable.

When fetor exists, as during the detachment of patches of exudation, antiseptic and detergent sprays may be employed.

From the mixture of these different flavours proceeds the fetor which accompanies the putrefaction of animal substances.

In gangrenous or foul ulcers; to correct the fetor of the discharge, and to hasten the sloughing.

As the fetor of these abscesses is horrible, they should be injected with a solution of permanganate of potash or liq.

There is not that degree of fetor in the fæces, in diarrhœa, which takes place in dysentery.

fetor exhaled from its gaping jaws, smoke from its nostrils; its eyes were flame.

Do they, as many saints have done, smell the fetor of sin, the foul reek of evil in the souls that pass by them?

Lemna minor where the crusts and the muco-purulent discharge are very abundant with fetor (in rhinitis atrophics).

Word Value for fetor
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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