word of the day

mephitic muh-FIT-ik, adjective:
1. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
2. Poisonous; noxious.

Mephitic is the adjective form of mephitis, “a foul-smelling or noxious exhalation from the earth; a stench from any source,” from the Latin.

Newton’s litter box had quite a mephitic quality this morning…I think it was all the salmon-treats from last night.

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