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- DictionaryMi·as·ma/mīˈazmə/
noun
- 1. a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor: literary "a miasma of stale alcohol hung around him like marsh gas"
1. : a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease. also : a heavy vaporous emanation (see emanation sense 2) or atmosphere. a miasma of tobacco smoke. 2. : an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt. freed from the miasma of poverty Sir Arthur Bryant.
Miasma definition: noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.. See examples of MIASMA used in a sentence.
MIASMA meaning: 1. an unpleasant fog that smells bad: 2. a very unpleasant general feeling or character of a…. Learn more.
MIASMA definition: 1. an unpleasant fog that smells bad: 2. a very unpleasant general feeling or character of a…. Learn more.
A miasma is a cloud of foul-smelling vapor, like swamp gas. You could have a miasma of sweat that lingers in a locker room long after a soccer team has left, or a miasma of rumor swirling around a politician.
noun. /miˈæzmə/, /maɪˈæzmə/ [countable, usually singular, uncountable] (literary) a mass of air that is dirty and smells unpleasant. A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him. (figurative) the miasma of depression. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.
1. noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere. 2. a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere. [1655–65; < New Latin < Greek míasma stain, pollution, derivative of miaínein to pollute, stain]
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun miasma. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
a miasma of foul odors. MIASMA meaning: a heavy cloud of something unpleasant or unhealthy usually singular.
miasma. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English mi‧as‧ma /miˈæzmə, maɪ-/ noun [ singular] literary 1 dirty air or a thick unpleasant mist that smells bad He looked up at me through a miasma of cigarette smoke. A foul miasma lay over the town. 2 an evil influence or feeling that seems to surround a person or place miasma of The ...
