Miasmata

Pronunciation

• enPR: mÄ«-ăz'mÉ™-tÉ™

Origin

Ancient Greek μιάσματα, plural of μίασμα.

Noun

plural

1. Irregular Plural of miasma
• 1973: Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow—With their nights’ growths of beard, matted hair, bloodshot eyes, miasmata of foul breath, DeCoverley and Joaquin are wasted gods urging on a tardy glacier.

Synonyms

• miasmas