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   miasma

   /mɪˈazmə/

   noun

   • 1. an unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour: literary "a miasma of stale alcohol hung around him"
   • ▪ an oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere which surrounds or emanates from something: literary "there was a miasma of despair over this place"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Greek, literally ‘defilement’, from miainein ‘pollute’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. miasmal adjective
   • 2. miasmatic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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