MIASMIC

miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous

(adjective) filled with vapor; “miasmic jungles”; “a vaporous bog”

miasmic, mephitic

(adjective) of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

miasmic (comparative more miasmic, superlative most miasmic)

Filled with miasma; containing noxious vapors.

Composed of or resembling vapors.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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