miasmaladj.

Brit.

/mɪˈazml/,

/mʌɪˈazml/, U.S.

/maɪˈæzm(ə)l/,

/miˈæzm(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: miasma n., -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < miasma n. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier miasmic adj.

Of, relating to, or consisting of miasma; producing or containing noxious vapour or effluvia. Frequently figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > of or relating to or of nature of noxious vapour

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miasmous1884

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > specific > miasma

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1832 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) 10 July 4/4 In general it [sc. cholera] has been most fatal in hot, moist places, the banks of rivers and the sources of miasmal vapours.

1853 Fraser's Mag. 48 267 You wittingly expose your innocent wife To this miasmal atmosphere of death.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vii. 300 We respond with our miasmal fog.

1895 R. F. Horton Teaching of Jesus ii. 175 Like a sunbeam on some forlorn and miasmal place, sterilising the germs of evil.

1918 Cornhill Mag. June 604 The miasmal pool of German intrigue and treachery known as the Kommandatur.

1943 M. Samuel tr. S. Asch Apostle ii. xxvii. 522 In the place of the miasmal scum there is a vast garden.

1992 G. Swift Ever After i. 9 The whole absurd but cherished edifice rising like some fantastical lantern out of the miasmal Fens and out of the darkness of dark ages.

Derivatives

miˈasmally adv.

ΚΠ

1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xi. 217 Widger driving, with Ling sitting at his side, puffing miasmally at a pipe.

1989 E. Hoagland in Balancing Acts (1992) 154 Some days the ills of the city seem miasmally mental, a bedlam of drugs and dysfunctions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miasmal
释义	miasmaladj. Brit. /mɪˈazml/, /mʌɪˈazml/, U.S. /maɪˈæzm(ə)l/, /miˈæzm(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: miasma n., -al suffix¹. Etymology: < miasma n. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier miasmic adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of miasma; producing or containing noxious vapour or effluvia. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > of or relating to or of nature of noxious vapour dampish1577 dampy1600 mephitic1623 damp1637 mephitical1704 mephitized1794 miasmic1822 miasmal1832 miasmatic1835 miasmatical1855 miasmatous1861 miasmous1884 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > specific > miasma miasmic1822 miasmal1832 miasmatic1835 miasmatical1855 miasmatous1861 miasmous1884 1832 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) 10 July 4/4 In general it [sc. cholera] has been most fatal in hot, moist places, the banks of rivers and the sources of miasmal vapours. 1853 Fraser's Mag. 48 267 You wittingly expose your innocent wife To this miasmal atmosphere of death. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vii. 300 We respond with our miasmal fog. 1895 R. F. Horton Teaching of Jesus ii. 175 Like a sunbeam on some forlorn and miasmal place, sterilising the germs of evil. 1918 Cornhill Mag. June 604 The miasmal pool of German intrigue and treachery known as the Kommandatur. 1943 M. Samuel tr. S. Asch Apostle ii. xxvii. 522 In the place of the miasmal scum there is a vast garden. 1992 G. Swift Ever After i. 9 The whole absurd but cherished edifice rising like some fantastical lantern out of the miasmal Fens and out of the darkness of dark ages. Derivatives miˈasmally adv. ΚΠ 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xi. 217 Widger driving, with Ling sitting at his side, puffing miasmally at a pipe. 1989 E. Hoagland in Balancing Acts (1992) 154 Some days the ills of the city seem miasmally mental, a bedlam of drugs and dysfunctions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1832
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