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 be imagined, on which the doctor suffered from the misocapnic prejudices of a fair hostess.
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misocapnic — a. hating tobacco smoke. ♦ misocapnist, n … Dictionary of difficult words
misocapnic — misocapˈnic adjective (Gr kapnos smoke) hating smoke, esp that of tobacco • • • Main Entry: ↑miso … Useful english dictionary
miso- — element meaning hater, hatred, before vowels, mis , comb. form of Gk. misos hatred, misein to hate. Productive as a word forming element in ancient Greek, e.g. misoagathia hatred of good or goodness; misoponein to hate work. Forming many… … Etymology dictionary
misocapnist — 1. noun One who hates tobacco smoke. 2. adjective Hateful of tobacco smoke. Syn: misocapnic … Wiktionary
