mephitic

[ muh-fit-ik ]

adjective

1. offensive to the smell.
2. noxious; pestilential; poisonous.

mephitic

/ mɪˈfɪtɪk /

adjective

1. poisonous; foul
2. foul-smelling; putrid

Derived Forms

• meˈphitically, adverb

Other Words From

• me·phiti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of mephitic¹

From the Late Latin word mephīticus, dating back to 1615–25. See mephitis, -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of mephitic¹

C17: from Late Latin mephīticus pestilential

Example Sentences

I routed him out, in the dim mephitic place reeking of sour bedding, and put Petersen in his charge.

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A sluggish stream filled the city with stagnant water from which mephitic vapors arose.

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The illusion will be heightened by characteristic scenery and mephitic exhalations.

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They were in the mephitic cellar, with the two long wooden platforms where the subterranean trains land or load their freights.

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At last both fell together, the knight being exhausted by the fatigue of the conflict, or by mephitic exhalations.

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