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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
me·phit·ic       [muh-fit-ik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.offensive to the smell.
2.noxious; pestilential; poisonous.
[Origin: 1615–25; < LL mephīticus. See mephitis, -ic]

—Related forms
me·phit·i·cal·ly, adverb
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me·phit·ic       (mə-fĭt'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of, relating to, or resembling mephitis; poisonous or foul-smelling. See Synonyms at poisonous.

me·phit'i·cal·ly adv.
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mephitic

adjective
of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution [syn: miasmic] 

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mephitic me·phit·ic (mə-fĭt'ĭk)
adj.
Having a foul odor; foul-smelling.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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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