Definitions for mofette

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mofette mo·fette

Spelling: [moh-fet; French maw-fet]

IPA: /moʊˈfɛt; French mɔˈfɛt/

Mofette is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in mofette (eefmott).

Definitions for mofette

noun

1. a noxious emanation, consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, escaping from the earth in regions of nearly extinct volcanic activity.
2. one of the openings or fissures from which this emanation issues.

Origin of mofette

1815-25; French Italian moffetta (Neapolitan mufeta), equivalent to muff(a) (Upper Italian mofa) mould (Langobardic; compare German Muff mould, late Middle High German müffeln to give off a f