olid

Borrowed from Latin olidus from olēre (“to smell”).

olid (comparative more olid, superlative most olid)

1. (rare) evil-smelling; fetid.
   • 1824, John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology:

     The febrile attack is usually somewhat severe in all its stages, the pricking sensation occurs during the hot fit, and is like that of pin-points struck into the skin; the sweat is copious, but proves by its sour and olid smell that it is a morbid secretion, and hence affords no relief.

   • 1999, Christian Petersen, Let the Day Perish:

     An olid smell made the boy catch his breath.

   • 2000, Chris R. Jamison, The Chesler Legacy, page 46:

     It was dark and musty, the carpet giving off an olid smell of mildew.

• Lodi, OLDI, diol, idol, lido, loid

olid

1. second-person singular past indicative of olema
2. third-person plural past indicative of olema