miazmat

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from New Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, stain, pollution).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmjaz.mat/
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  • Rhymes: -azmat
  • Syllabification: miaz‧mat

Noun

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miazmat m inan

  1. (obsolete) miasma (a noxious emanation thought to originate from decaying corpses)
    Synonym: wyziew
  2. (literary, figurative) miasma (a noxious influence)

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adjective

Further reading

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  • miazmat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • miazmat in Polish dictionaries at PWN