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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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