MIASMIC

PRONUNCIATION: (my/mee-AZ-mik)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to noxious emissions, such as smoke and vapors.
2. Relating to an oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek miasma (pollution, defilement), from miainein (to pollute). Earliest documented use: 1822.
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MIAMIC - pertaining to Florida's second largest city by population

MIDAS' MIC - a golden microphone. (The King never understood why it didn't make him sound any louder!)

"MIO" AS MI - "O Sole Mio" played in the key of A (la, in Solfeggio)