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Mephitic

Mephitic Meaning & Definition
Mephitic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mephitic?

[adj] of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mephitic: malodorous | miasmic

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Mephitic In Webster's Dictionary

\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. 2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. {Mephitic air} (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.

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