Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FET'ID
FET'I-CHISM, or FET'I-CISMFET'ID-NESS
FET'ID, a. [L. fœtidus, from fœteo; to have an in scent.]
Having an offensive smell; having a strong or rancid scent. Most putrefactions smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon.
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