miasma
mi‧as‧ma /miˈæzmə, maɪ-/ noun [singular]
Irregular Forms: (pl) miasmata
بخار بد بو، دم یادمه بد بو، بخار یادمه مسموم کننده
mi‧as‧ma /miˈæzmə, maɪ-/
noun [singular] literary[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Greek;
Origin: 'making dirty']
1. dirty air or a thick unpleasant mist that smells bad:
He looked up at me through a miasma of cigarette smoke. A foul miasma lay over the town.2. an evil influence or feeling that seems to surround a person or place
miasma of The miasma of defeat hung over them. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲