Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ME-PHIT'IC, or ME-PHIT'IC-AL
MEN-TO'RI-ALMEPH-I'TIS, or MEPH'IT-ISM
ME-PHIT'IC, or ME-PHIT'IC-AL, a. [L. mephitis, an ill smell.]
Offensive to the smell; foul; poisonous; noxious; pestilential; destructive to life. Mephitic acid is carbonic acid.
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