Associations to the word «Miasma»
Wiktionary
MIASMA, noun. A noxious atmosphere or influence.
MIASMA, noun. A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.
Dictionary definition
MIASMA, noun. An unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay".
MIASMA, noun. Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.