Definition of "fetor" [fe•tor]

• An offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench. (noun)

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• " Harry and Giselle sank into the cat hair and fetor of his double bed."
• "It appeared to be opaque glass, but it exuded the pungent fetor of magick."
• "It is a fetor that frequently accompanies the predictable libidinous lapses of pious \ "family values\" conservatives."