Flatulent

Flatulent
Flatulent Flat"u*lent, a. [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See {Blow}.] 1. Affected with flatus[2] or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. [1913 Webster]

2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. [1913 Webster]

Vegetables abound more with a["e]rial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. --Quincy. [1913 Webster]

4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. [1913 Webster]

He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]


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  • flatulent — flatulént adj. m., pl. flatulénţi; f. sg. flatuléntă, pl. flatulénte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  FLATULÉNT, Ă adj. (med.) Produs prin flatulenţă. [< …   Dicționar Român

  • flatulent — (adj.) 1590s, from M.Fr. flatulent, from Mod.L. flatulentus, from L. flatus a blowing, a breaking wind, pp. of flare to blow, puff, which is cognate with O.E. blawan (see BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.1)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Flatulént — (lat.), blähend; Flatulénz, Blähsucht; Blähungsbeschwerden; Flatus, Blähung (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Flatulent — Flatulent, s. Blähung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • flatulent — I adjective bombastic, bombastical, declamatory, fustian, garrulous, grandiloquent, high flown, inflated, long winded, mouthy, oratorical, orotund, pompous, pretentious, prolix, rhetorical, talkative, tumid, turgid, verbose, wordy II index… …   Law dictionary

  • flatulent — flatulent, te (fla tu lan, lan t ) adj. Terme de médecine. Qui est rempli de flatuosités. HISTORIQUE    XIVe s. •   Quant à la tumeur oedemateuse et flatulente qui occupoit entierement tout le bras, PARÉ IX, 14. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Voy …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • flatulent — *inflated, tumid, turgid Analogous words: empty, hollow, *vain: *superficial, shallow: bombastic, grandiloquent, magniloquent, *rhetorical Contrasted words: weighty (see HEAVY): pithy, compendious, summary (see CONCI …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • flatulent — [adj] pretentious, long winded bombastic, inflated, oratorical, overblown, pompous, prolix, shallow, superficial, swollen, tedious, tumescent, tumid, turgid, windy, wordy; concepts 267,404 Ant. brief, unpretentious …   New thesaurus

  • flatulent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ suffering from or marked by an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal. DERIVATIVES flatulence noun …   English terms dictionary

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