MEPHITIC


Meaning of MEPHITIC in English

mə̇ˈfid.ik adjective

also me·phit·i·cal -d.ə̇kəl

Etymology: French or Late Latin; French méphitique, from Late Latin mephiticus, mefiticus, from Latin mephitis, mefitis mephitis + -icus -ic

: of, relating to, or like mephitis : offensive to the sense of smell : noxious , pestilential

the mephitic verdure of the Malay peninsula — Jean Stafford

that purpose which is now hidden in a mephitic cloud of love and romance and prudery and fastidiousness — G.B.Shaw

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.