miasmal

adjective

mi·​as·​mal (ˈ)mī¦azməl 

(ˈ)mē¦-

: miasmic

blinding flashes of newspaper cameras and the miasmal air of the closed, unventilated room

—C. M. Smith

Word History

Etymology

miasma + -al

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