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Definitions for: Flatulent [adj] suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
[adj] generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Webster (1913) Definition: 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 or gases generated in the alimentary
canal; windy.
2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
Vegetables abound more with a["e]rial 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.
Synonyms: colicky, gassy, indigestible, unhealthy
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