MEPHITIC

miasmic, mephitic

(adjective) of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

mephitic (comparative more mephitic, superlative most mephitic)

foul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.

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Source: Wiktionary


Me*phit"ic, Me*phit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. méphitique.]

1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.

2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. Mephitic air (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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