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Synonyms for miasma

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mahy-az-muh, mee-
Phonetic Transcription : maɪˈæz mə, mi-

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Définition of miasma

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Modern Latin miasma "noxious vapors," from Greek miasma (genitive miasmatos) "stain, pollution, defilement, taint of guilt," from stem of miainein "to pollute," from possible PIE root *mai- "to stain, soil, defile" (cf. Old English mal "stain, mark," see mole (n.1)). Earlier form was miasm (1640s), from French miasme. Related: Miasmatic; miasmal.
  • noun effluvium
Example sentences :
  • In the age of monarchy the king lived surrounded by a miasma of intrigue.
  • Extract from : « Creative Unity » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • And there is no cramp in my heart, no miasma clinging to my senses.
  • Extract from : « Tatterdemalion » by John Galsworthy
  • Otherwise we run the danger of suffocation from the miasma of vulgarity.
  • Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov
  • It was as if Black Dan had dissolved into a miasma, and floated off.
  • Extract from : « Jim » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • It has, it is true, absorbed thousands of elements of miasma and filthiness!
  • Extract from : « Travels in Central Asia » by Arminius Vmbry
  • My windows look into the pool and draw all the miasma out of it.
  • Extract from : « Hester, Volume 1 (of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
  • But, nevertheless, I am not so overcome by the miasma but what I can tell you how truly I love you.
  • Extract from : « The Small House at Allington » by Anthony Trollope
  • I had to when you accused me of being like our friend the Miasma.
  • Extract from : « The Man Upstairs » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Can these evil doctrines be in the air, like a miasma or an epidemic?
  • Extract from : « Pepita Ximenez » by Juan Valera
  • Never in this world nor in the next, you miserable handful of miasma!
  • Extract from : « Over the Plum Pudding » by John Kendrick Bangs

Antonyms for miasma

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