Mephitic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
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     {Mephitic air} (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because
        of its deadly suffocating power. See {Carbonic acid},
        under {Carbonic}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mephitic
       adj : of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution [syn: {miasmic}]