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Black Mephitic Muh Fit Ik Adjective Poisonous Foul Smelling Latin Mephitis

Front mephitic \muh-FIT-ik\
Back adjective
Poisonous or foul-smelling.

[From Latin mephitis (foul smell).]

"Jack Black is a sterling example of the actor who starts out seeming like a breath of fresh air, and then turns into something stale, fetid, mephitic, nauseating." - Joe Queenan; Do You Remember When Jack Black Was Funny?; The Guardian (London, UK); Oct 9, 2009. 

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