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miasma
[ mahy-az-muh, mee- ]
noun
- noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.
miasma
/ mɪˈæzmÉ™; ËŒmiËÉ™zˈmætɪk /
noun
- an unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere
- pollution in the atmosphere, esp noxious vapours from decomposing organic matter
Derived Forms
- ³¾¾±Ëˆ²¹²õ³¾²¹±ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾¾±Â·²¹²õm²¹±ô ³¾¾±Â·²¹²õ·³¾²¹³Ù·¾±³¦ [mahy-az-, mat, -ik], ³¾¾±î€…a²õ·³¾²¹³Ùi·³¦²¹±ô ³¾¾±Â·²¹²õm¾±³¦ adjective
- un³¾¾±Â·²¹²õm²¹±ô adjective
- ³Ü²Ôm¾±Â·²¹²õ·³¾²¹³Ùi³¦ adjective
- ³Ü²Ôm¾±Â·²¹²õ·³¾²¹³Ùi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
- un³¾¾±Â·²¹²õm¾±³¦ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of miasma1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of miasma1
Example Sentences
It was a couple of weeks after the great smog had brought London to a standstill, and although that particularly foul miasma had dispersed, smog still regularly reduced visibility.
None of these is a new argument — they’ve been swirling around the conservative and Republican fever swamp like a miasma for decades.
The Select Subcommittee has done its best to contribute to this poisonous miasma.
Maddow then segued into a more comprehensive discussion about the rule of law, which she argued was not an abstract "miasma" but rather, is "specific stuff."
“This biographical miasma,†the curators write in the catalog introduction, “has tended to obscure — or even excise — the sculptor’s art and agency.â€
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