Word to the Wise: Mephitic

Something that’s “mephitic” (muh-FIT-ik) – from the Latin for “stench” – is noxious, offensive to the nose.

Example (as used by Richard Holmes in Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834): “The mephitic stench from the bilge became overpowering.”

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