Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MEPHITIS, MEPHITISM
n.Foul, offensive or noxious exhalations from dissolving substances, filth or other source; also, carbonic acid gas.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MEPHITIS
Me *phi "tis, n. Etym: [L. mephitis: cf. F. méphitis.]
1. Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of mammals, including the skunks.
MEPHITISM
MEPHITISM Meph "i *tism, n.
Defn: Same as Mephitis, 1.
New American Oxford Dictionary
mephitis
me phi tis |məˈfītis məˈfaɪdɪs | ▶noun a noxious gas emanating from something, esp. from the earth. • a foul or poisonous stench. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin.
Oxford Dictionary
mephitis
me phi tis |məˈfītis məˈfaɪdɪs | ▶noun a noxious gas emanating from something, esp. from the earth. • a foul or poisonous stench. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin.
Duden Dictionary
mephitisch
me phi tisch Adjektiv |meph i tisch |nach der altitalischen Göttin Mephitis, der Beherrscherin erstickender Dünste stinkend, verpestend
The Wordsmith Dictionary