STINK Copy link • STINK 1. s. odor malus: foeditas odoris; also, from context, odor only: foetor (common Latin and post-classical, Col., Plin.): olor (according to Döderlein, avoided as a too common and coarse word). 2. v. male olere: foetere (less common): putere [SYN. in STINKING]. To stink of anything, olere or obolere aliquid (e.g., of garlic, allium).