miasmatic

English

Adjective

miasmatic (comparative more miasmatic, superlative most miasmatic)

1. Reeking, oppressing, having the nature of a miasma.
   • 2015, Alison Matthews David, Fashion Victims: The Damages of Dress Past and Present, →ISBN, page 20:

     In the Renaissance, when disease was thought to be miasmatic, or transmitted by bad air and smells, strongly perfumed gloves were thought to protect the wearer from epidemics.

Translations

having the nature of miasma

• Catalan: miasmàtic
• French: miasmatique (fr)
• Galician: miasmático
• Greek: μιασματικός (el) (miasmatikós)
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• Italian: miasmatico
• Portuguese: miasmático
• Spanish: miasmático

Further reading

• “miasmatic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.