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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal;

2. suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal;
[syn: colicky, flatulent, gassy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flatulent adj 1: generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal 2: suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: colicky, flatulent, gassy]