FLATULENT

colicky, flatulent, gassy

(adjective) suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal

flatulent

(adjective) generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

flatulent (comparative more flatulent, superlative most flatulent)

Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to fart.

(obsolete) Empty; vain.

Synonyms

• windy

• gassy

• breezy

• curmurring

• See also flatulent

Source: Wiktionary

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Flat"u*lent, a. Etym: [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow.]

1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.

2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot.

3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy.

4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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