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Mephitis

//məˈfaɪ.tɪs// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Mefitis. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A poisonous or foul-smelling gas, especially as emitted from the earth; an unpleasant smell. countable, uncountable

    "The Abbe had, in the district of Latera, observed that in a mephitis of hydrogenous sulphurated or hepatic gas, a slow combustion of phosphorus took place, with the same resplendence as in the atmospheric air."

  2. 2
    a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant wordnet
  3. 3
    A dilution of fluids derived from skunks or polecats. countable, uncountable

    "Mephitis, in water, did not at first relieve the cough, so that I was compelled to prescribe another remedy; but after taking this for a short time, the father averred that he thought the first remedy, Mephitis, had a better effect than the last."

  4. 4
    a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth wordnet

Etymology

From Latin mefītis, mephītis, from the name of a Samnite goddess who personified the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes.

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