misocapnic

misocapnic

English

Etymology

miso- +‎ stem of Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”) +‎ -ic

Adjective

misocapnic (comparative more misocapnic, superlative most misocapnic)

1. (rare) Disliking smoking and tobacco smoke.[1]
   • 1860, "Dr. Parr and Tobacco," Notes & Queries, July-December, p. 12:

     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.

   • 1863, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Wanderings in West Africa, ch. 2:

     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.

Related terms

• misocapnist

References

1. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.