Middle English Dictionary Entry

fētǒur n.
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Entry Info

Forms fētǒur n.
Etymology L fētor.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
Stench, fetidness.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.94rb (3.7) : Often tyme it semeþ os þe vryn hade a fetoure, and þogh it haue no fetour proprely, as it is comunly whan 'sanies' appereþ in the vryn, and namely o the vesie.
    • Note: Antedates word. New spelling: fetoure.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. fetor.

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