fetid

[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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

mark chimps-do-not-stink Bailey

[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.

[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.

[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.

[LukeJavan8]

Chimps do not stink.
OK, sure hope not. Do like your avatar though.