n. A poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth
n. A distinctive odour that is very unpleasant.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
n. A genus of mammals, including the skunks.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A pestilential exhalation, especially from the earth; any noxious or ill-smelling emanation, as from putrid or filthy substances; a noisome or poisonous stench.
n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of skunks, typical of the subfamily Mephitinæ.
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n. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
n. a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth
n. in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae
Word Usage
"Few, on either side of the political spectrum, come well out of the affair and over it all hangs the olid mephitis of abject appeasement."