mephitical
Example Sentences
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I once heard him say, after having spent some time in explaining his text, "But that I may devil-hope the subject a little more fully, I would observe, that the words are mephitical."
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Barker, Joseph
He, of course, meant to say, metaphorical, figurative, not mephitical which means of a bad smell.
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Barker, Joseph
Or, as when surrounded by a mephitical fog, I have wished to have a volley of cannon fired, to clear the incumbered atmosphere, and give me room to breathe and move.
From Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary
