mephitic









mephitic


adjective

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

adjective

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

adj.1620s, “of poisonous smell,” from Late Latin mephiticus, from Latin mephitis, mefitis “noxious vapor” (also personified as a goddess believed to have the power to avert it). adj.

  1. Having a foul odor; foul-smelling.
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