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Definition of mephitic in English: mephiticadjective mɪˈfɪtɪkməˈfɪdɪk literary (especially of a gas or vapour) foul-smelling; noxious. the cloud of mephitic vapours lingered above our heads Example sentencesExamples - The revelation gave a new frisson to such descriptions as that of Silas Wegg, stumping triumphantly over the mounds, his wooden leg puncturing the surface crust, leaving a trail of mephitic vapours behind him.
- But why did all become so nasty in the last few years, so raucous, so mephitic?
- As I delved into the brittle and mephitic pages, my skepticism dropped away like scales from my eyes.
- Black's student Daniel Rutherford called this gas mephitic air instead: mephitis is a noxious emission in legend, thought to emanate from the earth and cause pestilence.
Synonyms foul-smelling, evil-smelling, stinking, stinking to high heaven, reeking, fetid, malodorous, pungent, acrid, rank, putrid, noxious foul-smelling, evil-smelling, fetid, smelly, stinking, reeking, reeky, rank, high, off, rancid, putrid, fusty, musty, stale, noxious, malodorous, ill-smelling
Origin Early 17th century: from late Latin mephiticus, from mephitis 'noxious exhalation'. Rhymes analytic, anchoritic, anthracitic, arthritic, bauxitic, calcitic, catalytic, critic, cryptanalytic, Cushitic, dendritic, diacritic, dioritic, dolomitic, enclitic, eremitic, hermitic, lignitic, paralytic, parasitic, psychoanalytic, pyritic, Sanskritic, saprophytic, Semitic, sybaritic, syenitic, syphilitic, troglodytic Definition of mephitic in US English: mephiticadjectiveməˈfidikməˈfɪdɪk literary (especially of a gas or vapor) foul-smelling; noxious. the cloud of mephitic vapors lingered above our heads Example sentencesExamples - As I delved into the brittle and mephitic pages, my skepticism dropped away like scales from my eyes.
- The revelation gave a new frisson to such descriptions as that of Silas Wegg, stumping triumphantly over the mounds, his wooden leg puncturing the surface crust, leaving a trail of mephitic vapours behind him.
- But why did all become so nasty in the last few years, so raucous, so mephitic?
- Black's student Daniel Rutherford called this gas mephitic air instead: mephitis is a noxious emission in legend, thought to emanate from the earth and cause pestilence.
Synonyms foul-smelling, evil-smelling, stinking, stinking to high heaven, reeking, fetid, malodorous, pungent, acrid, rank, putrid, noxious foul-smelling, evil-smelling, fetid, smelly, stinking, reeking, reeky, rank, high, off, rancid, putrid, fusty, musty, stale, noxious, malodorous, ill-smelling
Origin Early 17th century: from late Latin mephiticus, from mephitis ‘noxious exhalation’. |