mephitic
AdjectiveSynonyms:
miasmic
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- of noxious stench from atmospheric pollutionSynonyms: miasmic
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Mephitic \Me*phit"ic\, Mephitical \Me*phit"ic*al\, a. [L. mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. m['e]phitique.]
1.Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions. [1913 Webster]
2.Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. [1913 Webster]
Mephitic air (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. [1913 Webster]