Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
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
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
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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