Meanings
adjectivemiasmatic (comparative more miasmatic, superlative most miasmatic)
comparative more miasmatic · superlative most miasmatic
- Reeking, oppressing, having the nature of miasma.
In the Renaissance, when disease was thought to be miasmatic, or transmitted by bad air and smells, strongly perfumed gloves were thought to protect the wearer from epidemics.
2015, Alison Matthews David, Fashion Victims: The Damages of Dress Past and Present, →ISBN, page 20
Translations
Catalan miasmàtic
- miasmàtichaving the nature of miasma
Finnish miasmaattinen
- miasmaattinenhaving the nature of miasma
French miasmatique
- miasmatiquehaving the nature of miasma
Greek μιασματικός
- μιασματικός (miasmatikós)having the nature of miasma
Italian miasmatico
- miasmaticohaving the nature of miasma
Polish miazmatyczny
- miazmatycznyhaving the nature of miasma
Portuguese miasmático
- miasmáticohaving the nature of miasma
Spanish miasmático
- miasmáticohaving the nature of miasma
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Chicago
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