misocapnist

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Definition of misocapnist

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(rare)One who hates tobacco smoke.

“He was followed by a disputatious gentleman, who had the temerity to maintain before the royal misocapnist (the Counterblast had not as yet issued from the monarch's lips, but his anti-nicotian prejudices were well known,) the thesis, that "tobacco must needs be good;" proceeding to his proof "by enumeration or induction, because Kings, Princes, Nobles, Earles, Lords, Knights, Gentlemen of all Countries and Nations, reckoning a number, loved it."”

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noun

(rare)One who hates tobacco smoke.

“He was followed by a disputatious gentleman, who had the temerity to maintain before the royal misocapnist (the Counterblast had not as yet issued from the monarch's lips, but his anti-nicotian prejudices were well known,) the thesis, that "tobacco must needs be good;" proceeding to his proof "by enumeration or induction, because Kings, Princes, Nobles, Earles, Lords, Knights, Gentlemen of all Countries and Nations, reckoning a number, loved it."”

adj

(nonstandard, possibly)Hating tobacco smoke.

“As smoking in misocapnist North America is declining, cigarettes are cheap and plentiful in Korea.”

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From miso- + capno- (stem of Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”)) + ist.

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