Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

miasmic

/maɪˈæzmɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: mi-as-mic
IPA: /maɪˈæzmɪk/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Filled with miasma; containing noxious vapors.

adj

Composed of or resembling vapors.

Example Sentences

"Will thought of the shadowy miasmic forest they would all soon move into, a way of living that was an inversion of all their values."
"Such experiences were unlike dreams, or any of the miasmic apparitions that arise in the natural psyche, below the mind."
"Claire and I met Mr. and Mrs. M., “Phil ‘n’ Irene,” one delicious day months ago when we looked over the fence and were assaulted by miasmic wafts of smoke and a happy holler from Mr. M. wearing a dinner’s on apron."

Etymology

From miasma + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: miasma

Inflected Forms

more miasmic (comparative) most miasmic (superlative)

Derived Forms

miasmically

Synonyms

miasmal vaporous vapourous mephitic

Rhymes With

cytoplasmic orgasmic multi-orgasmic endoplasmic sarcoplasmic ectoplasmic periplasmic protoplasmic intracytoplasmic plasmic nucleocytoplasmic nonorgasmic

Questions

How do you pronounce miasmic?: The recorded pronunciation is /maɪˈæzmɪk/.
What does miasmic mean?: Filled with miasma; containing noxious vapors.
Where does miasmic come from?: From miasma + -ic.

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