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Definition of Mephitic
1. Adjective. Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution.
Similar to: Ill-smelling, Malodorous, Malodourous, Stinky, Unpleasant-smelling
Derivative terms: Mephitis, Mephitis, Miasma
Definition of Mephitic
1. a. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.
Definition of Mephitic
1. Adjective. foul-smelling. ¹
2. Adjective. poisonous. ¹
3. Adjective. unbearably disgusting ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mephitic
1. mephitis [adj] - See also: mephitis
Medical Definition of Mephitic
1. Foul, poisonous, or noxious. Origin: L. Mephitis, a noxious exhalation (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mephitic
Literary usage of Mephitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical, and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature by Samuel Lytler Metcalfe (1843)
"Since the time of Cullen, it has been generally supposed that the mephitic gases
produce disease and death, by operating as positive poisons on the nervous ..."
2. The Hygiene, Diseases and Mortality of Occupations by John Thomas Arlidge (1892)
"The evils threatening those men are due to the inhalation of mephitic gases, and
to contact with decomposing matters. The consequences are so well known, ..."
3. The Hygiene, Diseases and Mortality of Occupations by John Thomas Arlidge (1892)
"The evils threatening those men are due to the inhalation of mephitic gases, and
to contact with decomposing matters. The consequences are so well known, ..."
4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1816)
"... Caverns of Inkerman —mephitic Air—Cippus of Theagenes—Antient Geography, and
Antiquities of the Minor Peninsula — EUPATORIUM CHERSONESUS Parthenium of ..."
5. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1817)
"... Caverns of Inkerman—mephitic Air—Cippus of Theagenes —Antient Geography, and
Antiquities of the Minor Peninsula—EUPATORIUM—CHERSONESUS —Parthenium of ..."
6. London by Charles Knight (1843)
"These facts may be attributed to mephitic vapours." f We now reach the last and
most important department of our subject—the effects of our metropolitan ..."
7. The Gases of the Atmosphere, the History of Their Discovery by William Ramsay (1915)
"CHAPTER II " FIXED AIR " AND " mephitic AIR "—THEIR DISCOVERY BY BLACK AND BY
RUTHERFORD BEFORE relating the history of the discoveries of Black, ..."
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