| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Origin: | 'making dirty' |
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mi‧as‧ma
[singular] literary
[singular] literary1 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.
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




