miasmata
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek μιάσματα (miásmata), plural of μίασμα (míasma).
Pronunciation
- enPR: mī-ăz'mə-tə
Noun
miasmata
- plural of miasma
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow:
- With their nights’ growths of beard, matted hair, bloodshot eyes, miasmata of foul breath, DeCoverley and Joaquin are wasted gods urging on a tardy glacier.
Synonyms
Dutch
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