Meanings of fœtor in English

Perfume from battle-fields rising, up from the fœtor arising.

The neighbours grumblingly acquiesced in the inertia-butthe fœtor none the less formed an additional count against the place.

The men sniffed in disgust at the fluid, and toward the last held their noses against the fœtor they were uncovering.

The curious new fœtor which had supplemented the nameless scent was excessively pungent here; so much so that it destroyed all trace of the other.

Immediately afterward an utterly unbearable fœtor welled forth from the unseen heights, choking and sickening the trembling watchers, and almost prostrating those in the square.

The air was hot, but it struck a chill from its foetor.

Gradually, passenger after passenger produced cigars; the aroma filled the coach, and the fragrance of the weed triumphed over the foetor of the polecat.