Definition of miasma
English to English noun - an unwholesome atmosphere
The novel spun a miasma of death and decay.
source: WordNet 3.0 - unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
The miasma of the marshes. A miasma of cigar smoke.
source: WordNet 3.0 - Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
source: Webster 1913
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miasma, miasm, mismo, mishna, monism, momism, mikania, mischna, mosaism, mishnah, misseem, megaseme, megacosm, misogamy, mosan, mckim, musomania, misassign, meningism, mosaicism
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