Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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