Word of the Day: Mephitic

Mephitic \muh-FIT-ik\ adjective

1. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
2. Poisonous; noxious.

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