Producing, bearing, or bringing fetid smells; characterized by foul odors.
From Latin 'foetidus' (fetid) combined with Latin '-ferous' (from 'ferre' meaning 'to carry' or 'to bear'). This rare adjective follows the pattern of words like 'pestiferous' and 'odiferous.'
Fetiferous is an incredibly rare word—so rare that most dictionaries barely include it! Yet it perfectly demonstrates how English can create new adjectives using Latin roots, turning something 'fetid-bearing' into a single elegant descriptor.
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