miasmic

adjective

mi·​as·​mic mī-ˈaz-mik 

mē-

1

: of, relating to, or like a miasma : caused by miasma : producing a miasma : characterized by miasma

rubber plantations of the miasmic jungle

—Robert Littell

2

: foully contagious : noxious, mephitic

a clamorous square mile of plants and pens that spread a miasmic stench

—Newsweek

miasmically

mī-ˈaz-mi-k(ə-)lē 

mē-

adverb

… the low-ceilinged room was already full of smoke that floated miasmically in the club's bluish light.

—William Kennedy, Very Old Bones, 1992

Word History

Etymology

miasma + -ic

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Rhymes for miasmic

• cytoplasmic
• endoplasmic
• periplasmic
• protoplasmic
• sarcoplasmic
• intracytoplasmic