Fetid \Fet"id\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fetidus, foetidus, fr. fetere, foetere, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F. f['e]tide.]

Having an offensive smell; stinking.

Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. --Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)