mephitic

  • 11mephitic gas — noun see mephitic air …

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  • 12mephitic — mephitically, adv. /meuh fit ik/, adj. 1. offensive to the smell. 2. noxious; pestilential; poisonous. [1615 25; < LL mephiticus. See MEPHITIS, IC] * * * …

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  • 13mephitic — Foul, poisonous, or noxious. [L. mephitis, a noxious exhalation] * * * me·phit·ic mə fit ik adj having a foul odor …

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  • 14mephitic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Capable of injuring or killing by poison: mephitical, poison, poisonous, toxic, toxicant, venomous, virulent. See HELP. 2. Having an unpleasant odor: fetid, foul, foul smelling, malodorous, noisome, reeky,&#8230; …

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  • 15mephitic — me·phit·ic || mɪ fɪtɪk adj. foul smelling; disgusting; poisonous …

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  • 16mephitic — [mɪ fɪtɪk] adjective literary (especially of a gas or vapour) foul smelling. Origin C17: from late L. mephiticus, from mephitis noxious exhalation …

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  • 17mephitic — a.; (also mephitical) Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful …

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  • 18mephitic — adj 1. noisome, smelly, stinking, stench ful, foul smelling, ill smelling, strong smelling, odorous, odoriferous, malodorous, fetid, reeky, reeking; putrid, rancid, rank, rotten, tainted, spoiled, strong, game, putrescent; foul, offensive,&#8230; …

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  • 19mephitic — me·phit·ic …

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  • 20mephitic — me•phit•ic [[t]məˈfɪt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) offensive to the smell 2) noxious; pestilential • Etymology: 1615–25; &LT; LL me•phit′i•cal•ly, adv …

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