Sep. 15th, 2014

mephitic

Sep. 15th, 2014 11:27 pm
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mephitic (m-ftk), adj.

1.  Of, relating to, or resembling a foul exhalation from the earth (mephitis); putrid, noxious, pestilential, miasmic.

Etymology:  early 1600s from Late Latin mephiticus.
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