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Meaning of 'miasma' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Miasma [ n.]
- Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.

Meaning of 'miasma' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . miasma [ n]
Meaning (1):
- unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
Example in sentence:
  • a miasma of cigar smoke;
  • the miasma of the marshes
Meaning (2):
- an unwholesome atmosphere
Example in sentence:
  • the novel spun a miasma of death and decay

Nearby Words:

miamis miargyrite mias miascite miasm miasmal miasmata miasmatic miasmatical miasmatist

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