foetor


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foe·tor

 (fē′tər)
n.
Variant of fetor.
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foetor

(ˈfiːtə)
n
a variant spelling of fetor
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fe•tor

(ˈfi tər)

n.
an offensive smell; stench.
[1475–1500; (< Middle French) < Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.foetor - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasantfoetor - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
fetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink, mephitis
odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, odor - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"
niff, pong - an unpleasant smell
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The relation between foetor ex ore, oral hygiene and periodontal disease.
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El denominado <<hedor judio>> o foetor judaicus que se atribuia a los judios de Venecia formaba parte de la justificacion moral para encerrarlos en el gueto de la ciudad (Sennett, 1997).
El olor del cuerpo migrante en la ciudad desodorizada. Simbolismo olfativo en los procesos de clasificacion social
For example, belief in the existence of a characteristic Jewish stench or foetor judaicus was supposedly widespread enough for Thomas Browne to justify an entire chapter on the question whether 'Jews stinck naturally' in his Pseudodoxia Epidemica (London, 1646).
Jewish Questions in Robert Wilson's The Three Ladies of London
Il riferimento e al foetor iudaicus, antico topos dell'antisemitismo, che attribuiva a tutti gli ebrei un distinto puzzo di sudicio, mestruazioni e aglio.
Chiara Fabbian, Naso d'autore. L'odorato nella cultura e nella storia letteraria italiana
(1, 2) Other terms used are bad or foul breath, breath malodour, oral malodour, foetor ex-ore, and foetor oris.
Oral malodor
"These things I have--a withered hand--/ foetor, sweat, the stench of stale oranges, / an undisturbed, unbreathing flame, // and tiny sky creatures buried under the snow.
Fear and Trembling in the Library: Five New Books
And in the essay "On the Foundation of Morality," he deplores the decided absence of compassion in contemporary Europe, "above all because of the 'foetor Judiacus' [Jewish stench] that permeates everything." Wagner clearly learned compassion from Schopenhauer.
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