miasma
noun
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
miasmas
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pluralof miasma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some scientists believed that diseases were the result of miasmas, or bad smells such as those produced by dead bodies, biological waste and other disease-carrying substances.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2022
It’s also possible the miasmas of their lives and interests will swirl off in other directions for any number of other reasons independent of how they feel about each other.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2021
Modern warfare creates miasmas of emotion, information, misinformation, deception and secrecy.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2018
Soon germs became even more frightening than miasmas.
From Salon ● May 21, 2012
Highercombe is a painted lie—a pest-house, a charnel-house, full of unwholesome miasmas from its pretty green, its pond covered with water-lilies.
From Mary Gray by Katharine Tynan
