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mephitic

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˌmɛˈfɪ.tɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cehiimptStarts with MEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

Word origin

From Latin mephīticus, from mephītis; compare French méphitique.

Used in a sentence

  • "I could have borne the sight of his crutch," said she, "but the crutch and the nephew together really oppress me like a mephitic vapour."
  • From this crawling flapping mass of obscene reptilian life came the shocking clamor which filled the air and the mephitic, horrible, musty odor which turned us sick.
  • More than that, perhaps the worst thing, was a sort of mephitic fog, moistureless and invisible, that came and went like an exhalation of the arid earth itself.

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