mephitic
adjective
[ mɪˈfɪtɪk ]
• (especially of a gas or vapour) foul-smelling; noxious.
• "the cloud of mephitic vapours lingered above our heads"
Similar:
foul-smelling,
evil-smelling,
fetid,
smelly,
stinking,
reeking,
reeky,
rank,
high,
off,
rancid,
putrid,
fusty,
musty,
stale,
noxious,
malodorous,
ill-smelling,
niffy,
pongy,
whiffy,
humming,
noisome,
miasmic,
miasmal,
olid,
Origin:
early 17th century: from late Latin mephiticus, from mephitis ‘noxious exhalation’.
