miasmal en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English miasma Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English miasmal From miasma + -al.
Meanings
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Having a noxious atmosphere.
A plain, seemingly graceless stylist, his rather unpalatable movies, full of rabid, sloggingly orchestrated physical pain and psychic damage, picture crime as a monstrous, miasmal evil, divesting it of any glamour it ever had.
2003, Jack Shadoian, Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film, page 196:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more miasmal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most miasmal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (1)
eo miasma (having a noxious atmosphere.)