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    mephitic
    /mɪˈfɪtɪk/

    adjective

    • 1. (especially of a gas or vapour) foul-smelling; noxious: literary "the cloud of mephitic vapours lingered above our heads"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › mephiticMephitic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Feb 25, 2022 · adjective. me· phit· ic mə-ˈfi-tik. : of, relating to, or resembling mephitis : foul-smelling. mephitic vapors. Examples of mephitic in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web You’re attacked by a giant wolf, pugilist mushrooms, mephitic swamps, and a sword-wielding spider.

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › mephiticMephitic - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Foul-smelling air can be described as mephitic. If you accidentally combine ammonia and bleach when you're cleaning, you will make a mephitic cloud of gas that is not only smelly but is also dangerous to breathe. Mephitic comes from the Latin word mephitis, which means noxious vapor or exhalation.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMEPHITIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. formal uk / məˈfɪt.ɪk / us / məˈfɪt̬.ɪk / Add to word list. smelling very bad: The creatures are believed to live in the mephitic swamps of the region. The mephitic fumes from the machine made their throats burn. Fewer examples. I slowly got used to to the mephitic stench.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryMEPHITIC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. formal us / məˈfɪt̬.ɪk / uk / məˈfɪt.ɪk / Add to word list. smelling very bad: The creatures are believed to live in the mephitic swamps of the region. The mephitic fumes from the machine made their throats burn. Fewer examples. I slowly got used to to the mephitic stench.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMEPHITIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adjective. 1. offensive to the smell.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › mephiticMEPHITIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Mephitic definition: offensive to the smell.. See examples of MEPHITIC used in a sentence.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › mephitic_adjmephitic, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English...

    Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Or perhaps (iii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French méphitique; Latin mephiticus; mephitis n., ‑ic suffix. See etymology. Nearby entries.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › mephiticMephitic - definition of mephitic by The Free Dictionary

    mephitic. adjective. 1. Capable of injuring or killing by poison: mephitical, poison, poisonous, toxic, toxicant, venomous, virulent. 2. Having an unpleasant odor: fetid, foul, foul-smelling, malodorous, noisome, reeky, stinking. Informal: smelly.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › mephiticMephitic Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    adjective. Of or caused by mephitis. Webster's New World. Bad-smelling. Webster's New World. Poisonous; noxious. Webster's New World. Foul - smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere. Wiktionary. Synonyms: miasmic. poisonous. offensive. stinking. smelly. noxious. foul. reeky. noisome. foul-smelling. fetid. malodorous. virulent.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryMEPHITIC definition in American English | Collins English ...

    Definition of 'mephitic' Word Frequency. mephitic in American English. (məˈfɪtɪk ) adjective. 1. of or caused by mephitis. 2. a. bad-smelling. b. poisonous; noxious. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. LL mephiticus. Word Frequency.