mephitic
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me·phi·tis
(mə-fī′tĭs)n.
1. An offensive smell; a stench.
2. A poisonous or foul-smelling gas emitted from the earth.
[Latin mefītis, mephītis.]
me·phit′ic (-fĭt′ĭk) adj.
me·phit′i·cal·ly adv.
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mephitic
(mɪˈfɪtɪk) ormephitical
adj
1. poisonous; foul
2. foul-smelling; putrid
[C17: from Late Latin mephīticus pestilential]
meˈphitically adv
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me•phit•ic
(məˈfɪt ɪk)adj.
1. offensive to the smell.
2. noxious; pestilential.
[1615–25; < Late Latin]
me•phit′i•cal•ly, adv.
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mephitic
adjective foul, stinking, poisonous, noxious, fetid, foul-smelling, putrid, malodorous, noisome, pestilential, baneful, miasmic, olid, miasmal, miasmatic, baleful, evil- or ill-smelling a mephitic stench
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mephitic
adjective1. Capable of injuring or killing by poison:
2. Having an unpleasant odor:
Informal: smelly.
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