Some months ago, in a foul and nidorous vault, seated at a stone table near a pool in which some strange writhing thing turned slowly in the quag, a murder of marketers made a blood pact.

Adj. odorous, odoriferous; smelling, reeking, foul-smelling, strong-scented; redolent, graveolent†, nidorous†, pungent; putrid, foul.

Adj. fetid; strong-smelling; high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty†, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy†; olid†, olidous†; nidorous†; smelling, stinking; putrid &c.