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  • 101mefitic — MEFÍTIC, Ă, mefitici, ce, adj. (livr.) Cu miros urât; puturos, fetid, pestilenţial. – Din germ. mefitisch, lat. mephiticus, fr. méphitique. Trimis de LauraGellner, 27.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  MEFÍTIC adj. v. contagios, infecţios, molip sitor …

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  • 102foul — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dirty, soiled, disgusting; stormy, unpleasant; obscene, indecent; clogged, choked, entangled; unfair, underhand. See uncleanness, impurity, improbity. fall foul of II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Soiled] …

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  • 103malodorous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. infested, stinking, rancid; see rank 2 , rotten 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. stinking, *stinky, smelly, noxious, offensive, foul, fetid, nasty, strong, reeking, putrid, rotten, rank, vile, nauseating. ANT.:… …

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  • 104stinking — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. smelly, reeking, offensive, malodorous, odiferous, fetid, foul, rank, noisome, spoiled, putrid. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having an unpleasant odor: fetid, foul, foul smelling, malodorous, mephitic,… …

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  • 105Fetor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fetor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fetor fetor Sgm: N 1 bad bad &c. >Adj. smell bad odor Sgm: N 1 stench stench stink Sgm: N 1 foul odor foul odor malodor …

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  • 106Uncleanness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncleanness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 immundity immundity immundicity Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity &c.???of mind ???>961 …

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  • 107asafetida — (n.) late 14c., from M.L. asa (Latinized from Pers. aza mastic ) + foetida, fem. of foetidus stinking (see FETID (Cf. fetid)) …

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  • 108fetor — “offensive smell,” mid 15c., from L. fetor, foetor, from fetere (see FETID (Cf. fetid)) …

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  • 109foetid — (adj.) see FETID (Cf. fetid); for spelling, see OE (Cf. oe) …

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  • 110asafoetida — [ˌasə fi:tɪdə, fɛt ] (US asafetida) noun 1》 a fetid resinous gum obtained from the roots of a herbaceous plant, used in herbal medicine and Indian cooking. 2》 a plant of the parsley family, from which asafoetida is obtained. [Ferula assa… …

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