miasmata

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ancient Greek μιάσματα (miásmata), plural of μίασμα (míasma).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: mī-ăz'mə-tə

Noun[edit]

miasmata

  1. plural of miasma
    • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow:
      With their nights’ growths of beard, matted hair, bloodshot eyes, miasmata of foul breath, DeCoverley and Joaquin are wasted gods urging on a tardy glacier.

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Noun[edit]

miasmata

  1. plural of miasma
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