Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - miasma
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(miasmas) You can describe something bad or confused that seems to be in the air all around you as a miasma. (LITERARY) As time went on, his ambition to be part of the US Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair. N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -mas; also ~ta) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, defilement, from miainein to pollute Date: 1665 1. a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease; also a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere a ~ of tobacco smoke 2. an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt freed from the ~ of poverty — Sir Arthur Bryant; also an atmosphere that obscures ; fog retreated into an asexual mental ~ — Times Literary Supplement • ~l adjective • ~tic adjective • miasmic adjective • miasmically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. miasmata or miasmas) archaic an infectious or noxious vapour. Derivatives miasmal adj. miasmatic adj. miasmic adj. miasmically adv. Etymology: Gk, = defilement, f. miaino pollute ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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