flatulent
AdjectiveUS[flach-uh-luhnt]/ˈflætʃələnt/3 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- generating excessive gas in the alimentary canalOpposite digestibleSimilar indigestible
- suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canalSynonyms: colickygassyOpposite healthySimilar unhealthy
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Flat′u·lent adjective
Origin: 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.
2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent.— John Arbuthnot
3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. John Quincy
4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.
He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry.— John Dryden
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54