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MEPHITIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mephitic mean?
• MEPHITIC (adjective)
The adjective MEPHITIC has 1 sense:
1. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution
Familiarity information: MEPHITIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution
Synonyms:
mephitic; miasmic
Similar:
ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling (having an unpleasant smell)
Derivation:
mephitis (a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant)
mephitis (a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth)
Context examples
From this crawling flapping mass of obscene reptilian life came the shocking clamor which filled the air and the mephitic, horrible, musty odor which turned us sick.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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