Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section III. Organic Matter
2. Sensation
(4) Odor
401. Fetor.
NOUN:
FETOR or fœtor; bad &c. adj. -smell, - odor or odour; stench, stink; foul odor, malodor or malodour, fetidness, mephitis, empyreuma; fustiness, mustiness &c. adj.; rancidity, reastiness or reasiness [dial. Eng.]; foulness (uncleanness) [See Uncleanness].
[COMPARISONS] stoat, polecat, skunk, zoril; foumart or foulmart, fitchew, fitchet, peccary; asafetida or assafœtida; fungus, garlic, onion, leek, skunk cabbage; stinkpot, stinkball, stinker, stinkhorn, stinkbush, stinkstone, stinkweed, stinkwood.
VERB:
HAVE A BAD SMELL &c. n.; smell, empyreumatize; stink, - in the nostrils, - like a polecat; smell strong &c. adj., smell to heaven, stench [obs.], smell offensively.
