MEPHITIS


Meaning of MEPHITIS in English

/meuh fuy"tis/ , n.

1. (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.

2. any noisome or poisonous stench.

[ 1700-10; mephitis, mefitis; cf. Oscan Mefit ( eí ) the goddess of such exhalations ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .