The Only Use of
miasma
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- Not just a patch of Koi, as he expected, but as much of Hiroshima as he could see through the clouded air was giving off a thick, dreadful miasma.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
a highly unpleasant feeling associated with something
or more rarely: unhealthy vapors -- as from pollution or decaying organic matter
or more rarely: unhealthy vapors -- as from pollution or decaying organic matter