misocapnic
misocapnic adjective: disliking smoking and tobacco smoke.
Adjective
misocapnic (comparative more misocapnic, superlative most misocapnic)
- Disliking smoking and tobacco smoke.
- After dinner the party adjourned to the drawing-room, where "the Doctor began to feel certain cravings for the stimulating fumes of his beloved pipe." The lady of the house, on the alert, caught the half whispered word, and at once interposed her veto. . . . This was not the only occasion, it may...1860, Notes & Queries, July-December, "Dr. Parr and Tobacco", page 12
- All the civilised world is behindhand touching tobacco. It has, like the Quaker's historical dog, gotten a bad name. One-idea'd hygeists, followers of the "Misocapnic Solomon," have persuaded the world that it is a slow poison.1863, Sir Richard Francis Burton, chapter 2, in Wanderings in West Africa
Forms of misocapnic
| comparative | more misocapnic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most misocapnic |
Origin of misocapnic
From miso- + capno- (stem of Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”)) + -ic.
Questions about misocapnic
- What does misocapnic mean?
- Misocapnic means disliking smoking and tobacco smoke.
- What part of speech is misocapnic?
- Misocapnic is an adjective.
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