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PRONUNCIATION OF MEPHITISM

mephitism  [ˈmɛfɪˌtɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEPHITISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mephitism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEPHITISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mephitism in the English dictionary

The definition of mephitism in the dictionary is poisonous air or a foul smell.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEPHITISM


antiferromagnetism
ˌæntɪˌfɛrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
diamagnetism
ˌdaɪəˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
Docetism
ˈdəʊsɪˌtɪzəm
electromagnetism
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
favouritism
ˈfeɪvərɪˌtɪzəm
ferromagnetism
ˌfɛrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
geomagnetism
ˌdʒiːəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
hermetism
ˈhɜːmɪˌtɪzəm
Hussitism
ˈhʌsaɪˌtɪzəm
magnetism
ˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
palaeomagnetism
ˌpælɪəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
paramagnetism
ˌpærəˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
parasitism
ˈpærəsaɪˌtɪzəm
phonetism
ˈfəʊnɪˌtɪzəm
pietism
ˈpaɪɪˌtɪzəm
pseudohermaphroditism
ˌsjuːdəʊhɜːˈmæfrədaɪˌtɪzəm
sovietism
ˈsəʊvɪɪˌtɪzəm
spiritism
ˈspɪrɪˌtɪzəm
syncretism
ˈsɪŋkrɪˌtɪzəm
transvestitism
trænzˈvestɪˌtɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEPHITISM

mepacrine
meperidine
Mephisto
Mephistophelean
Mephistopheles
Mephistophelian
mephitic
mephitical
mephitically
mephitis
meprobamate
mer.
Meran
Merano
meranti
merbromin
merc
Merca
Mercalli scale
mercantile

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEPHITISM

anti-Semitism
antielitism
autism
cosmopolitism
diphysitism
elitism
endoparasitism
finitism
fortuitism
hermaphroditism
hyperparasitism
Ishmaelitism
Jacobitism
Jesuitism
Monophysitism
Monothelitism
Pre-Raphaelitism
semiparasitism
stylitism
superparasitism
sybaritism

Synonyms and antonyms of mephitism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mephitism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEPHITISM

Find out the translation of mephitism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mephitism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mephitism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mephitism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mephitism
570 millions of speakers

English

mephitism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mephitism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mephitism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mephitism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mephitism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mephitism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mephitism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mephitism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mephitism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mephitism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mephitism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mephitism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mephitism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mephitism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेखितावाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mephitism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mephitism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mephitism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mephitism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mephitism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mephitism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mephitism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mephitism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mephitism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mephitism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEPHITISM»

The term «mephitism» is normally little used and occupies the 142.154 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEPHITISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mephitism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mephitism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mephitism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEPHITISM»

Discover the use of mephitism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mephitism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Medico-Chirurgical Review
So they doubtless do, and they, moreover, shew that in some cases of recovery from mephitism, a disease, apparently the effect of a morbid poison, followed, though not fever. But this writer has, like Dr. Smith, confounded the action of two ...
James Johnson, M.D. and Henry James Johnson, Esq., 1841
2
Dunglison's American medical library
So they doubtless do, and they, moreover, show that in some cases of recovery from mephitism, a disease, apparently the effect of a morbid poison, followed, though not fever. But this writer has, like Dr. Smith, confounded the action of two ...
Robley Dunglison, 1841
3
An inquiry into the sources and mode of action of the poison ...
So they doubtless do, and they, moreover, shew that in some cases of recovery from mephitism, a disease, apparently the effect of a morbid poison, followed, though not fever. But this writer has, like Dr. Smith, confounded the action of two ...
Alfred Hudson, 1841
4
The Medico-chirurgical Review
With joy, therefore, do we abandon the mephitism of literary compilers, and turn to the results of experience in our own island. Instead of the horrible and unspeakable names, Russian and German, whom we have been consulting for a year or ...
James Johnson, 1832
5
The Monthly Magazine: Or, British Register ...
This mephitism, he says, is so inherent, that even time cannot dissipate it; witness the Danj'on at Vincennes, when it ceased to be a prison of time, under the ministry of MaIesherbes-the persons who had been prisoners init, were, among a  ...
‎1801
6
All the Year Round
He found him motionless inbed, com pletely deprived of consciousness. Terrorstrnck by the idea of sudden death, he immediately sent in search of a doctor, who suspected a case of asphyxia by mephitism. His suspicions were confirmed ...
‎1869
7
ALL THE YEAR ROUND
Terror- struck by the idea of sudden death, he immediately sent in search of a doctor, who suspected a case of asphyxia by mephitism His suspicions were confirmed by the sight of a night-lamp, which had gone out although well supplied with ...
CHARLES DICKENS, 1869
8
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
met with in these places, when the air is not properly renewed ; but only two kinds of mephitism have been distinguished. The first is produced by the hydrosulphuret of ammonia. This is the most common and the most terrible. It is in the inside ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1855
9
Scott's Monthly Magazine
Terror-struck by the idea of sudden death, he immediately sent in search of a doctor, who suspected a case of asphyxia by mephitism. His suspicions were confirmed by the sight of a night- lamp, which had gone out, although well supplied ...
William J. Scott, William Henry Wylly, 1869
10
The Sessional Papres Printed by Order of the House of Lords, ...
met with in these places, when the air is not properly renewed ; but only two kinds of mephitism have been distinguished. The first is produced by the hydrosnlphuret of ammonia. This is the most common and the most terrible. It is in the inside ...
‎1855

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mephitism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mephitism>. May 2024 ».
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