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fetid
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:10 am
by Bailey
fet·id (ftd, ftd) also foe·tid (ftd)
adj.
Having an offensive odor.
[Middle English, from Latin ftidus, from ftre, to stink.]
fetid·ly adv.
fetid·ness n.
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mark chimps-do-not-stink Bailey
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:56 pm
by Slava
Interesting play between the posts: fetid and fêted I guess it doesn't work in British English, as they would write "foetid" for the first.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:16 pm
by Bailey
Interesting play between the posts: fetid and fêted I guess it doesn't work in British English, as they would write "foetid" for the first.
well what can I say, garbage in-garbage out.
I was interested in how both words are so alike at least in spelling and so far apart in meaning.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:25 pm
by Slava
Aye, the spelling can make a big difference. The Russian pronunciation of "Simon" is "Semyon," but the spelling makes it come out quite differently. The "yo" is actually an "e" with a dieresis. The dieresis is rarely actually printed in Russian texts, so the transliteration is literally "Semen." Oops.
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:02 pm
by LukeJavan8
Chimps do not stink.
OK, sure hope not. Do like your avatar though.